crossruff

crossruff

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English cross-
English ruff
English crossruff

    From cross- + ruff.

    Noun

    crossruff (plural crossruffs)

    1. (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
      • 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times‎[1]:
        When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

    See also

    Verb

    crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

    1. (bridge) To execute a play of this kind.
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