boxball

[ boks-bawl ]

noun

1. a game played between two players on two adjoining squares or sections of a sidewalk or a playground, in which a ball is hit back and forth between the players, each defending a square, the object being to prevent a fair ball from bouncing twice before hitting it back into the opponent's square.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boxball¹

box ¹ + ball ¹