pelota
- n a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket
- When Castro took power in 1959, pelota acquired the propaganda value of showing that Cuba could best the Yanquis at their own game.
- Originally called pelota (ball) and played with the bare hand against church walls in the Basque country three centuries ago, the game gradually evolved until three concrete .
- The pelotathree-fourths the size of a baseball and harder than a golf ballcaroms toward the 176-ft.