A game of ball, originating among the North American
   Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in
   England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled
   racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the
   crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry
   it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the
   field.