netball

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.

   “Some excellent photographs are taken of [...] members of the athletic club, "net-ball," "foot-ball," etc., [...]”

2. isim The ball used in this sport.

   “'If we could find our netball, you could borrow it,' she said softly. / 'A netball!' he said in disgust. 'A netball is no use. It is not heavy enough. But I would borrow it,' he added quickly. 'It would be better than no ball at all.'”