noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of hurl (I)
1. : an early form of football popular especially in Cornwall in which each side tries to throw or carry the ball to its own goal or to get it beyond the parish boundary
2. : an Irish game resembling field hockey in which teams of 15 players use a broad-bladed stick to catch, balance and run with, or hurl a 9″ to 10″ ball in an effort to score by hurling the ball over or under a crossbar between goalposts