goalball

English

Goalball players defending the goal

Etymology

goal + ball

Noun

goalball (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 2008 June 29, Andrew E. Kramer, “Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games”, in New York Times:
      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.

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