Crochet

Japanese: crochet
Crochet

...It is a ball game that started in France and was introduced to England. The name comes from a Northern French dialect word meaning hook (in modern French, crochet). This is probably because the mallet used to hit the ball resembles a hook.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "crochet" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスに始まってイギリスに伝えられた打球戯の一つ。語源は北フランスの方言で鉤(かぎ)(現代フランス語ではcrochet)を意味する語からきている。打球に用いる木づちを鉤の形に見立てたものであろう。…

※「crochet」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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