bunnockとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bunnock (uncountable)

1. A throwing game in which two teams of four players use bones (traditionally horse anklebones) to knock down the opposing team's bones.

   Synonyms: game of bones, bones

   • 2015, Nancy Princenthal, Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, New York, N.Y.; London: Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, page 21:

     On an unseasonably balmy day in October 2014, Macklin (the current population is approximately 1,400) greeted visitors with a sign promoting farming, drilling for oil, and bunnock, a local sport traditionally played with bovine or equine anklebones (there is also a giant replica of a horse anklebone).