[Fictionary] Cruque Results

[Pierre Abbat]

> Pierre
> 
> cruque, n. 1. A French game similar to hackeysack. 2. The bran-filled
> leather ball used in this game.
> 
> Hutch "Not bad. Just not good enough for actual points: 0 points If I had
> more I'd give them here." Elliott "Another game def; maybe
> CROQUET-related."

Actually I was thinking of Italian "crusca" (as in "Accademia della Crusca", 
The Bran Academy, the Italian language regulator), for which a French cognate 
could be "crûque" if there were such a word. It's actually from a Lombard word 
of unknown origin, and "crûche" is a more likely form for the cognate.

Pierre
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