goalball means A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
Etymology
From goal + ball.
noun
- A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.“And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street.”
- The ball used in the sport.