1. an old English game played with a wooden bat and ball, where the ball is placed on a trap device and hit when released
Usage: historical

Examples

• The children learned to play trapball during their history lesson about colonial games.
• Trapball was a popular pastime in 18th-century England.
• The wooden trap would spring the ball into the air for the player to hit.
• Many village greens once hosted trapball matches on summer evenings.
• The rules of trapball were simpler than those of cricket.