bonspiel
nounUK /ˈbɒnspiːl/ · US /ˈbɑnspil/
Etymology Borrowed from Scots bonspiel, from Middle Scots bonspele, possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) + spel (“game”).
1
A tournament in the sport of curling.
- […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word, or gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen; […]1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- cashspiel