shinty

1. (sports, uncountable) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.Examples: "Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent."; "To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press."Synonyms: camanachduncountable

2. (sports, countable) The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.Synonyms: camancountable