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Fives court
Fives Fives (f[imac]vz), n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. --Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.

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- singles and doubles teams, in an either three- or four-sided court. The origin of the name "fives" for the game is uncertain, but two main theories are commonly...
- Rugby fives is a handball game, similar to squash, pla**** in an enclosed court. It has similarities with Winchester fives (a form of Wes**** fives) and...
- Eton fives, a derivative of the British game of fives, is a handball game, similar to Rugby fives, pla**** as doubles in a three-sided court. The object...
- Court of Fives is the first high fantasy book in the Court of Fives series by Kate Elliott. It was released on August 18, 2015. Racial inequality - In...
- The British Hard Court Championships was a Grand Prix tennis and WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament, pla**** in the Open Era from 1968 to 1983 and again...
- fives court, built in 1860. One source states that Lord Weymouth's school had a court before 1787. Fives has some similarities to squash: the court is...
- A court-martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a...
- May 1822, Cribb publicly resigned the championship on the stage of the Fives Court, on which occasion he was presented with a belt, and was succeeded by...
- sports of Wales. It is related to coeval sports such as Irish handball, fives, and Basque pelota and is a possible antecedent of American handball. The...
- alley into two fives courts, one for Eton Fives and the other for Rugby Fives. By 1900 the Rugby fives court was being used as a squash court. In 1913 a covered...