fives
/ˈfaɪvz/plural noun
treated as sing.
- a game, played especially in the UK, in which a ball is hit with a gloved hand or a bat against the walls of a court with three walls (Eton fives) or four walls (Rugby fives)英式墙手球。
词源
mid 17th cent.: plural of FIVE used as a singular noun; the significance is unknown.