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cambutta

cambutta is the alternative form of cambuca.

Meaning of cambuca

Noun

cambuca (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A 12th-century English game somewhat similar to golf in that it was played with a wooden ball similar to a golf ball.
    • GOLF. - there are many games played with the ball that require the assistance of a club or bat[…]In the reign of Edward III. the Latin name cambuca was applied to the pastime[…].1801, Joseph Strutt, The sports and pastimes of the people of England, page 97
  2. (historical) A curved stick used to strike the ball in the game of pall mall.
  3. (obsolete) A pastoral staff.

Forms of cambutta

pluralcambuttas

Questions about cambutta

What is cambutta the alternative form of?
Cambutta is the alternative form of cambuca.

Words near cambutta in the dictionary

  1. Cambus o' May
  2. Cambuslang
  3. Cambusnethan
  4. cambuta
  5. cambutas
  6. cambutta
  7. cambuttas
  8. Cambyses
  9. camcord
  10. camcorded
  11. camcorder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cambutta (page history and authors); cambuca (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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