Top-on-a-string pastime

• String-and-top game
• Chinese spool-on-string balancing skill
• Game involving two sticks joined by a string and a spool-shaped object
• Game involving spinning a top on a string
• Game involving sticks and spinning top

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diabolo \Di*ab"o*lo\ (d[i^]*[a^]b"[-o]*l[=o]), n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Diabolo is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae . It contains only one species, Diabolo diantoniorum , which is found in Ecuador .