roquet

American  

[roh-key] / roʊˈkeɪ /

verb (used with object)

roqueted, roqueting

1. to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).

2. (of a ball) to strike (another player's ball).

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verb (used without object)

roqueted, roqueting

1. to roquet a ball.

noun

1. an act or instance of roqueting.

roquet British  

/ ˈrəʊkɪ /

verb

1. to drive one's ball against (another person's ball) in order to be allowed to croquet

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noun

1. the act of roqueting

Etymology

Origin of roquet

First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of croquet

Example Sentences

A roquet, but no other hit, entitles to the privileges of croquet.

From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

If the stroke is forcible, the ball will bound along the ground, and may jump entirely over another ball which it was intended to roquet.

From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

Point.—A blow by which a step on the round or a roquet is made, thereby entitling the player to continuance of tour—that is, to another blow.

From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

If a rover in roquet-croqueting hit another ball, it may accept or decline the roquet.

From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

Chess-rooks, hardly to be distinguished from the roc or roquet at the head of a jousting-lance, were borne by Rokewode and by many more.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various