DCHP-2

grass hockey grasshockey, grass-hockey DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — British Columbia, Quebec, Sports

  field hockey played on grass.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Grass hockey, which is otherwise called field hockey, is common in Canada, most frequent in New Zealand, but rare elsewhere (see Chart 1). It is Canadian in the North American context. Within Canada, the term is most frequently used in British Columbia (see Chart 2), where it is a term of long standing (see the 1916 quotation), followed by Quebec.
  See COD-2, which labels the term "Brit & Cdn (esp. BC)".

  See also: hockey  

  • 1916  We do not know whether or not they play grass hockey in Boston. However that may be, Mr. Wood has somewhere acquired knowledge of the game that makes him a most satisfactory coach. 
  • 1951  Almost all her wardrobe seemed adaptable to grass hockey, a game she conducted for the smallest boys as a change from Captain Toothe and soccer football.
  • 1960  Important men's Grasshockey practice Thursday, October 13, at 13:30.
  • 1964  I . . . do solemnly swear never to waste company time arguing . . . or raving about . . . lawn bowling and grass hockey. . . .
  • 1975  We all know that grass hockey in this country is played by girls wearing short shorts.
  • 1988  [Heather Ostram] [...] squeezed in badminton along with other sports interests such as soccer, tennis and grass hockey, and showed no particular genius for the game. 
  • 1990  The kids used the school grounds to play something called "knobbies," baseball and a kind of grass-hockey played with a billiard ball. 
  • 1996  [Evelyn Lett] recalls. "[...] When I came to Vancouver the big thing was grass hockey.'' 
  • 2000  A $14.25-million artificial turf complex for field sports was completed a year ago to complement extensive facilities that already existed for ice hockey, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, soccer, rugby, grass hockey and archery. 
  • 2008  "They've got so much going on, whether it's academic or dance, gymnastics, soccer or grass hockey; they're trying all these sports out. They have an unfiltered view of the world, but they're growing up really fast," [John Bishop] says. 
  • 2015  "All were on our famous team last year; who can take their places? But as they brought the old school glory on the rugby field, what honour will they not win on the battlefield?" The last few years before 1914 had seen a surge in the number of boys' athletic teams - rugby (junior and senior), soccer, two school basketball leagues, and three grass hockey teams. From the number of balls being pursued on the school grounds after classes closed for the day, it seemed that every boy played something.