ringette
nounEtymology From ring + -ette.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A team sport played on ice on skates and primarily by women, the players using sticks to control a rubber ring and attempting to score goals by landing it in the opponents' net.
- Sam Jacks, the inventor of ringette and floor hockey, and Robert Steadward, whose efforts spearheaded the growth of Paralympic sports, are being inducted in the builder category.2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- floor ringette, gym ringette, inline ringette, quad ringette, road ringette, roller ringette, street ringette
- Hypernyms
- hockey
- Coordinate terms
- bandy, cosom hockey, field hockey, floorball, floor hockey, hockey, ice hockey, inline hockey, quad hockey, road hockey, roller hockey, street hockey