crossruff

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Italic *kruk(i)s

Latin cruxbor.

Old Irish crosbor.

Old Norse krossbor.

Old English cros

Middle English cross

Middle English cros-

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 The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

Related terms

• overruff
• ruff
• underruff

See also

• Ruff (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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.