pe|lo|ta

pe|lo|ta «peh LOH tuh; Spanish pay LOH tah», noun.

1. a) a game of Basque or Spanish origin played on a walled court with a hard rubber ball. b) the ball, caught and slung back with a curved wicker racket strapped over the hand and lower arm: »

After the pelota, a rubber-cored ball, is smacked against the wall, an opposition player must catch it and fire it back before it has bounced more than once (Time).

2. the game of jai alai, or the ball used in this game.

╂[< Spanish pelota < pella ball < Latin pila]