crosse

[kraws, kros]

noun

a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.

Origin of crosse

1865–70; < French: literally, hooked stick, Old French croce < Germanic; see crutch, crook¹

La Crosse

[luh kraws, kros]

noun

a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.

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Examples from the Web for crosse

Historical Examples of crosse

Not once had he failed to drive or catch the ball with his crosse stick.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
Mabel Powers
They haue no vse of kniues at table for feare least they should be laid a crosse.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe
Margaret Alice Murray
The measuring of breadth, that is of a thwart or crosse line, remaineth.
The Way To Geometry
Peter Ramus
A French bishop carries a crosse, and an archbishop a croix.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
Ernest Weekley
This house is now the offices of Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell.
The Strand District
Sir Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for crosse

crosse

noun

a light staff with a triangular frame to which a network is attached, used in playing lacrosse

Word Origin for crosse

French, from Old French croce crosier

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