tetherball
(tet̸h′ər bôl′)☆
noun
- a game played by two people who, using the hand or a paddle, hit from opposite directions at a ball hanging by a length of a cord from a pole: the object of the game is to make the cord coil completely around the pole
- the ball so used
See tetherball in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun A game played by two people using the hands or paddles and a ball hung by a cord from an upright post, the objective being to wind the cord around the post.