goalball

noun

Etymology

From goal + ball.

  1. derived from *bʰel-
  2. derived from *bʰélō
  3. inherited from *balluz
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as goalball — “goal + ball

Definitions

  1. A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a…

    A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.

    • And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street.
  2. The ball used in the sport.

The neighborhood

Derived

goalballer

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