belote

American  

[buh-lot] / bəˈlɒt /

Or belotte

noun

1. a card game for two players, using 32 cards and following the same basic rules as klabberjass, popular in France.

---

Etymology

Origin of belote

1940–45; < French, of uncertain origin; the hypothesis that the game was put in its present form by an F. Belot is unsubstantiated

Example Sentences

Soon afterward, his leg irons resting comfortably against the grill of his cell, Meurant was enjoying a game of belote with two guards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Martinet never complained, calmed fellow victims and rescuers alike, asked for playing cards with which the men passed their time playing belote, a sort of French bridge.

From Time Magazine Archive