rounders
rounders Lexical Profile
rounders Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British A traditional bat-and-ball team sport played in Britain and Ireland, similar to and considered an ancestor of baseball, in which players hit a small leather-cased ball and run around four posts or bases to score points.
"During the summer term, the schoolchildren spent their afternoon physical education classes playing rounders on the grass field."
Plural form of rounder (a person or tool that makes something round, or a habitual drunkard or gambler).
"The bakery invested in two new mechanical dough rounders to speed up bread production."
Word Nuance & Usage
Although plural in form, "rounders" as the name of the sport takes a singular verb (e.g., "Rounders is played on a grassy field").
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Word Origin & Etymology
Attested from the 18th century in England, derived from "rounder" (a run scored by making a complete circuit of the bases), from the root "round".