1) Form of hockey 2) Game similar to hockey
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Shinty (camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders mi...
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• (n.) A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.
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game played outdoors with sticks and a small, hard ball in which two opposing teams attempt to hit the ball through their opponents` goal (hail); it ...
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A community game unique to Scotland. It is a fast moving sport, similar to hockey and lacrosse, but there is no restriction on the swing of the curved stick. There are 12 players on each team. Organised matches are held each year between hurling and shinty teams.
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Shin'ty noun [ Confer Gael.
sinteag a skip, a bound.] A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.
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Shinty (camanachd) is a native stick-and-ball game of the Scottish Highlands, originally the same as Hurling the two have developed their own separate styles, but the basis remains the same, driving a ball through a goal with a stick.
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Stick-and-ball game resembling hurling, popular in the Scottish Highlands. It is played between teams of 12 players each, on a field 132–183 m/144–200 yd long and 64–91 m/70–99 yd wide. A curved stick (`camán`) is used to propel a leather-covered cork and worsted ball into the opposing team'...
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