ballcourt
English
Alternative forms
- ball court
Etymology
Noun
ballcourt (plural ballcourts)
- a general place (e.g. a paved yard) used to play ball games
- A large masonry structure of a type used in Mesoamerica to play the Mesoamerican ballgame.
References
- “ball court”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.