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Webster 1913 Edition
Bricole
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Bri-cole′
,Noun.
[F.]
(Mil.)
A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
Definition 2024
bricole
bricole
See also: bricolé
English
Noun
bricole (plural bricoles)
- (military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
- (military, historical) An ancient kind of military catapult.
- In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, (figuratively) an indirect action or stroke.
- (billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is initially driven against the cushion.