Game requiring racquets and a pole

• Pole game
• The object is to wrap the string around the pole
• Playground game with a rope and a pole
• Backyard game
• A game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tetherball is a North American game for two opposing players. The equipment consists of a stationary metal pole, from which is hung a volleyball from a rope or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole. Each player tries to hit the ball ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also tether-ball , 1900, from tether (n.) + ball (n.1).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposte directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. 2 The ball in the sport of tetherball.