CRIBBAGE

cribbage, crib

(noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cribbage (countable and uncountable, plural cribbages)

(card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.

A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.

A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.

Synonyms

• crib

Source: Wiktionary

Crib"bage (krb"j), n. Etym: [From Crib, v. t., 2.]

Definition: A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall. Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition