Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A dart; a quarrel.
- n. An old French game, similar to bowls.
- n. A square of glass, especially a small one, used in ornamental glazing.
- n. A kind of cushion upon which lace is made. It has the front part lower than the back and holds from 6 to 28 pairs of small spools or spindles, the lace as it is made being wound on a cylinder.
Examples
“Whenever I called carreau, he used to give coeur. ”
Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian
“The remainder of the pack equally presents a sort of martial allegory; the heart is bravery; the spade (espad, ` sword ') and the diamond (carreau, that is,”
“Go for broke – a throw known as à carreau knocks the enemy's winning boule out, leaving yours in its place; le bec inches a potentially winning boule of your own yet closer to the jack – or play it safe?”
“As for the window “sans carreau”, so much the better for the pigeons.”
“Mais t'as interet de te tenir a carreau * rigole* parce que j'ai eu du mal!!”
“Clubs (trèfle, clover), on account of his flowery eloquence; St. Jerome to the King of Spades (pique, lance), because of his biting style; St. Gregory the Great to the King of Diamonds (carreau, in the sense of "foot-stool") on account of his lowliness of thought.”
“Et auoit veu souuent la Marionette dudit Neuillon, qui est comme vn gros crapaut tout noir, comme d'vne fourrure noire, & estoit dans vne boëtte caché soubs vn carreau, qui sautoit & leuoit quand on vouloit donner à manger audit crapaut.”
“The reference here may be to his _Resolution des problèmes qui regardent le jeu du franc carreau_ (1733).”
“Pour lui, il étoit dans un coin, assis sur un tapis par terre, selon la coutume du pays, vêtu de drap d'or cramoisi, et le coude appuyé sur un carreau d'une autre sorte de drap d'or.”
“Pour lui, il 閠oit dans un coin, assis sur un tapis par terre, selon la coutume du pays, v阾u de drap d’or cramoisi, et le coude appuy� sur un carreau d’une autre sorte de drap d’or.”
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Ball Games and Sports
A list of games and sports played with a ball, including names of the courts, fields and pitches in which they are played.
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