/huy" luy', huy" euh luy', huy' euh luy"/
a game resembling handball, played on a three-walled court between two, four, or six players who are equipped with a long, curved wicker basket, or cesta, strapped to the wrist for catching and throwing a small, hard ball against the front wall. Cf. cancha, fronton .
[ 1905-10; jai game + alai merry ]