roquet
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).
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(of a ball) to strike (another player's ball).
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of roquet
First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of croquet
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As soon as a step on the round is made, it no longer makes any difference whether a roquet was declined or not.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
The first hit was not a roquet if really declined.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Re-roquet.—After roquetting a ball to roquet it again during the same tour, a right acquired only by making a step on the round.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
He may drive his own ball against it, and perhaps displace it by the concussion; but the hit does not constitute a roquet, does not entitle to croquet, or to continuance of tour.
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
Case.—A having already roqueted B's ball, can he decline the run?
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Case.—Under the same circumstances the playing ball is taken to the side of the roqueted ball.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
By this means he not only drives off the roqueted ball but follows it with his own, or forces them in divergent directions.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
A rover, but no other ball, may roquet-croquet a roqueted ball instead of croqueting it.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
A rover fails to roquet-croquet if the other ball is not moved, and the tour terminates unless another ball is roqueted on the same blow.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
After running the first bridge, he acquires, of course, the right of roqueting the other two balls.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
After roqueting a ball, however, a player cannot roquet the same ball again until his own ball has made a step on the grand round.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Or it may make a point by roqueting any of the other balls.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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