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Original entry ↗A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. · The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. · A polo shirt.
To play the game of polo.
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).
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