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nineholes

nineholes noun: a game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.

Noun

nineholes (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
    • Nine-holes on the heath1612, Michael Drayton, “The Fourteenth Song”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of...

Origin of nineholes

From nine + holes.

Questions about nineholes

What does nineholes mean?
Nineholes means a game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
What part of speech is nineholes?
Nineholes is a noun.

Words near nineholes in the dictionary

  1. Ninebanks
  2. ninebark
  3. ninebarks
  4. ninefold
  5. ninefoldness
  6. nineholes
  7. ninein
  8. nineish
  9. ninek
  10. nineling
  11. ninelings

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