Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fives \Fives\ (f[imac]vz), n. pl.
   A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis;
   -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to
   the game. --Smart.

   {Fives court}, a place for playing fives.

Fives \Fives\, n. [See {Vives}.]
   A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
   --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

fives
     n : a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front
         wall and two side walls