Definition of Roqueting

1. Verb. (present participle of roquet) ¹

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Definition of Roqueting

1. roquet [v] - See also: roquet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roqueting

ropings
ropinirole
ropish
ropishness
ropivacaine
ropy
roque
roquelaire
roquelaires
roquelaure
roquelaures
roques
roquesite
roquet
roqueted
roqueting
roquets
roquette
roquettes
roquin
roral
roration
rore
rores
roric
rorid
roridula
rorie
rorier
roriest

Literary usage of Roqueting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1877)
"... who was not playing croquet, and asked, ;'who the young lady was, who seemed bent upon roqueting—didn't they* call that knocking of the balls about ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Thus, by skilful alternation of making points and roqueting balls, a " break " may be made in which point after point, and even all the points in the game ..."

3. The Household Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Daily Wants by Alexander V. Hamilton (1873)
"III. The player proceeds till he misses a hoop, or fails to croquet another ball. IV. After roqueting a ball the player must croquet it. ..."

4. The Domestic World: A Practical Guide in All the Daily Difficulties of the by Robert Kemp Philp (1889)
"The player's ball must always be the one moved in roqueting. 12. If in roqueting the player's ball slip from under his foot when he strikes it, ..."

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