misdeal

[mis-deel]

verb (used with or without object), mis·dealt, mis·deal·ing.

to deal wrongly or incorrectly, especially to deal the wrong number at cards.

noun

Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.

Origin of misdeal

First recorded in 1475–85; mis-¹ + deal¹

Related formsmis·deal·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for misdeal

Historical Examples of misdeal

In the event of a misdeal the cards must be dealt again by the same player.
Auction of To-day
Milton C. Work
The New Yorker was certainly making a misdeal every time he got the cards.
Somewhere in Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
Nothing of interest occurred until, in the course of the second rubber, Gwen made a misdeal.
When Ghost Meets Ghost
William Frend De Morgan
One fights against a misdeal when one has seen the ace of trumps in one's hand.
It Never Can Happen Again
William De Morgan
This does not apply to penalties for looking at the hands, or declaring out of turn, or making a misdeal.
Round Games with Cards
W. H. Peel

British Dictionary definitions for misdeal

misdeal

verb -deals, -dealing or -dealt

(intr) to deal out cards incorrectly

noun

a faulty deal

Derived Formsmisdealer, noun

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Word Origin and History for misdeal

1746, "to make an error in dealing (cards);" from mis- (1) + deal (v.). The noun in this sense is attested from 1850. The original verbal sense (late 15c.) was "to distribute unfairly."