nineholes
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
nineholes (uncountable)
- (archaic) An old game where players bowl a ball towards nine holes in the ground or a board, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 14 p. 227:
- Nine-holes on the heath