Definition of fives Fives
/fajˈvz/ - [fayvz] - fives
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What does fives mean?
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NounSingular: five |
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| fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls | ||
| court game an athletic game played on a court | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fives (n. pl.)
A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. - fives (n.)
A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fives
fīvz, n. (Shak.) vives, a disease of horses -
fives
fīvz, n.pl. a game of handball played in a roomy court against a wall, chiefly at the great public schools of England
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Fives is a British sport believed to come from the same origins as many racket sports. In fives, a ball is propelled against the walls of a special court using gloved or bare hands as though they were a racquet.
Background.
The name may be derived from the slang expression "a bunch of fives" (meaning a fist). The game has also been known as hand-tennis and historically was often played between the buttresses of church buildings in England. There are links between Fives and the Irish and North American handball games and indeed, in recent years, British clubs have begun to establish ties with clubs in those countries.
Fives is not the same as Long Fives, which is played in a real tennis court.
There are two main forms of the game Rugby Fives and Eton Fives.
Eton Fives is played competitively as a doubles game, whilst Rugby Fives is played as both a singles and a doubles game.
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🔤- fives, noun, plural of five.
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