Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The curved club used in the game of golf or pall-mall. See
cammock . - noun A pastoral staff: commonly used for its earlier and more simple shape, in which the crook at the top does not curve inward spirally, but forms approximately a half-circle. Also
cambutta .
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- noun A 12th century
English game somewhat similar togolf in that it was played with a wooden ball similar to a golf ball.
Etymologies
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Late Latin cambuca ("hooked rod or stick") referring to the 'club' used to play the game.
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