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Webster 1913 Edition
Croquet
Cro-quet′
(kr?-k?′)
, Noun.
[From French; cf. Walloon
croque
blow, fillip. F. croquet
a crisp biscuit, croquer
to crunch, fr. croc
a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet
then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.] 1.
An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.
2.
The act of croqueting.
Cro-quet′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Croqueted
(-k?d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Croqueting
(-k?′?ng)
.] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent’s ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.