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English

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Two players stretching across the floor to stop the ball from going behind them 
Goalball players defending the goal
 
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Etymology

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From goal +‎ ball.

Noun

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goalball (countable and uncountable, plural goalballs)

  1. (disability, sports) A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
    • 2008 June 29, Andrew E. Kramer, “Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games”, in New York Times[1]:
      And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street.
  2. (countable) The ball used in the sport

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English goalball.

Noun

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goalball m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) goalball, a parasport for the blind

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English goalball.

Noun

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goalball m (uncountable)

  1. goalball