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countable and uncountable, plural shinties
(sports, uncountable) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland. quotations examples
To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 156
(sports, countable) The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick. examples