0 a stick with a wide, flat oval end, used in the game of hurling (= an Irish team game similar to hockey):
He was a hurley player in County Cork.
Players use wooden, axe-shaped sticks called hurleys to hit a small ball (a sliotar) into the opponent's goal.
Children have been photographed playing cricket with hurleys on the streets around Croke Park.
Hurling players can catch and carry the ball with their hand but can only pass with a hurley, foot or a slap of the hand.
