Английский Этимологический словарь - croquet
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~ n a game played on grass in which players hit balls with wooden mallets (=long-handled hammers) so that they roll under curved wires ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Croquet is a game played on grass in which the players use long wooden sticks called mallets to hit balls through metal arches. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: probably ultimately from obsolete French, sharp blow, from croquer Date: 1855 1. a game in which players using mallets drive wooden balls through a series of wickets set out on a lawn 2. the act of driving away an opponent's ~ ball by striking one's own ball placed against it • ~ transitive verb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a game played on a lawn, with wooden balls which are driven through a series of hoops with mallets. 2 the act of croqueting a ball. --v.tr. (croqueted; croqueting) drive away (one's opponent's ball in croquet) by placing one's own against it and striking one's own. Etymology: perh. dial. form of F CROCHET hook ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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