base ball

noun — 2 senses

nounalso spelled base-ball

Obsolete baseball

1823, National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4. I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of “base ball” at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones’)
1823, New-York Gazette & General Advertiser, Apr. 25, 1823, p. 2, col. 2. We have received a communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball;

base-ball

noun

Dated Dated form of baseball (ball game).

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