[f. WIND sb.1 + BALL sb.1] An inflated ball; a game played with such a ball by striking it with the fist.
1578. H. Wotton, Courtlie Controv., 264. Diuers sortes of pastimes, as the Windball, the barre, fencing [Cf. Yver (1599), 156 b, comme de Pallemaille de barre, d’escrime].
1585. Higins, Junius’ Nomencl., 296/1. Follis,… a wind ball beaten with the fists to and fro in play.
1601. W. Percy, Cuckqueanes & Cuckolds Errants, V. iv. (Roxb.), 70. Els will wee make this thy Hed a wind Ball, to our fistes, straite.
