打だ毬きゅう

noun

dakyū; polo-like game

A historical Japanese equestrian sport similar to polo, played with a mallet and ball. The term is primarily encountered in historical or sports contexts.

• 打だ毬きゅうは平へい安あん時じ代だいに貴き族ぞくの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした競きょう技ぎだ。

  Dakyū was a sport popular among the nobility during the Heian period.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで打だ毬きゅうに使つかわれた毬まり杖づえを見けん学がくした。

  I saw a mallet used for dakyū at the museum.