a team game played between two teams of eleven players each, using hooked sticks with which the players try to drive a small hard ball towards goals at opposite ends of a field. It is also called
曲棍球(亦称 <Bold>field hockey</Bold>,以与 <Bold>ice hockey</Bold> 相区别)。
variant spelling of
同 <Bold>OCHE</Bold>.
" early 16th cent.: of unknown origin."