(Ireland) A place for playing handball, ranging in structure from a patch of hard flat ground beside a gable to an indoor four-walled court similar to a squash court.
1855, Anthony Marmion, [https://archive.org/stream/ancientandmoder00marmgoog#page/n306 The ancient and modern history of the maritime ports of Ireland, p.300] (London: J.H. Banks):
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(US, obsolete) A bowling alley.
: A portion of it was still further desecrated ; up to a very recent period being used as a racket-court, or ball-alley
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