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Definition of Croquet ball
1. Noun. A wooden ball used in playing croquet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croquet Ball
Literary usage of Croquet ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War Manual of the Great Conflict of 1914by Arthur W. Page by Arthur W. Page (1914)
"croquet ball down a V-shaped trough that sloped to the cashier's desk. ...
First in the evolution of the croquet ball came a tiny cash carrier that started ..."
2. Elements of Natural Philosophy: A Text-book for High Schools and Academies by Elroy McKendree Avery (1897)
"Provide an iron ball an inch or two in diameter, a base-ball, and a croquet-ball.
Measure the mass of each of the three balls in English units. 2. ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"croquet ball, 7 Ibs. 7 Ibs. 5J Ibs. Balloon, 3^ „ If „ 1 Ib. 11 oz. I submitted,
also, an indiarubber ball, 4J inches diameter, and painted, ..."
4. Elementary General Science by Daniel Russell Hodgdon (1918)
"such as a small cannon ball; or a croquet ball loaded with metal will answer ...
If the croquet ball is used, fill a dish as full of water as it will hold. ..."
5. Elementary Physics by Elroy McKendree Avery (1897)
"Provide an iron ball an inch or two in diameter, a base-ball, and a croquet-ball.
Measure the mass of each of the three balls in English units. 2. ..."
6. Music (1899)
"The chord is in effect round like a croquet ball, will therefore rest, or not
rest, equally upon- any side, while other chords are like the croquet ball ..."
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