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senior hurling

senior hurling

7.0
The top adult competition in the Irish stick-and-ball game
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : hurling senior
  • He played senior hurling for his county for over a decade.

Examples

  • The club won their first senior hurling title in 20 years.

  • The senior hurling championship is held every summer.

  • Attending senior hurling matches is a popular tradition in Ireland.

  • Many players aspire to compete in senior hurling matches.

  • He played senior hurling for his county for over a decade.

  • Many players aspire to compete in senior hurling matches.

  • The senior hurling championship is held every summer.

Surface Forms

senior hurling singular
senior hurlings plural

Morphology

senior + hurling

The meaning 'the highest level of competitive hurling / adult players' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'senior' (higher rank; adult) with 'hurling' (the sport), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to adult or top-level competition. This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern used for sports categories, making the expression immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The term senior hurling joins senior, meaning 'adult' or 'top level', and hurling, the fast Irish stick-and-ball game, because teams called 'senior' are the best adult teams. So, senior hurling means the highest level of competitive hurling for adults.