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Definition of Roquet
1. v. t. To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.
2. v. i. To hit another's ball with one's own.
Definition of Roquet
1. Noun. In croquet, the act of hitting another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken. ¹
2. Verb. In croquet, to hit another live ball with the striker's ball, from which croquet is then taken. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roquet
1. to cause one's own ball to hit another in croquet [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roquet
Literary usage of Roquet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"roquet—The old and more correct term for hitting the ball off which croquet ...
The Turn—A player, when his turn conies round, may roquet each ball once, ..."
2. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"'I see a gentleman who is awaiting an answer, Monsieur roquet,' he replied. ...
The spirit of Alphonse now spoke : 'What is your answer, Monsieur roquet? ..."
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