sliotar
nounUK /ˈslɪtər/
US /ˈslɪtər/
A sliotar is a small hard ball used in the Irish game of hurling.
The player hit the sliotar over the bar for a point.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The ball used in the women's game of camogie, similar to a hurling sliotar.
She caught the sliotar cleanly before striking it down the field.
3. A hard leather ball with raised seams, traditionally made by stitching panels together.
The old sliotar was stitched by hand from cork and leather.
4. In informal Irish usage, anything struck or thrown with force.
He sent the stone flying like a sliotar off the hurl.