a game played on horseback by two teams of four players each, who attempt to drive a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal with a mallet having a long, flexible handle
water polo
Origin:
ult. < Tibet dial., var. of pulu, properly, the name of the ball
Polo,
Marco 1254-1324; Venetian traveler in E Asia
See polo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
Water polo.
Origin:
Origin: Balti (Tibeto-Burman language of Pakistan), ball
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Related Forms:
poˈlo·ist noun
Venetian traveler who explored Asia from 1271 to 1295. His Travels of Marco Polo was the only account of the Far East available to Europeans until the 17th century.