A local name for “[Hockey],” which was formerly a very popular game among the young men of Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock. Called simply “Bandy” at Ludlow and Newport.—Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 525.
Cache-pole
The game of “Tennis.”—Jamieson.
Caiche
The game of “[Handball].”
Thocht I preich nocht I can play at the caiche.
I wait thair is nocht ane among you all
Mair ferilie can play at the fute ball.
—Lyndsay’s S. P. Repr., ii. 243.
This language Lyndsay puts into the mouth of a Popish parson. The game seems to be that of ball played with the hand, as distinguished from “[Football].”—Jamieson.
See “[Ball].”