couillon

[< Cdn F]

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a double-ball game somewhat resembling lacrosse and played by Indian women in eastern Canada on the ice or in a natural clearing.

Quotations

1801

This is delightful weather for the Indian women to play their favorite game of couillon on the ice.

1951

He even tried his hand at the women's game of couillon on the river ice.