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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A ball can acquire the right to re-roquet—that is, to roquet the same ball again during the same tour—only by making a step on the round.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Thus if a step on the round and a roquet be made on the same blow, the player may at once croquet the roqueted ball, or roquet it again immediately or after other roquets.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Or, if the bridge was declined, the first hit was a roquet and the second no point; therefore his tour is at an end.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Can it re-roquet it on the ground that it has run a bridge since the roquet?
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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
Case.—A having already roqueted B's ball, can he decline the run?
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Thus if a step on the round and a roquet be made on the same blow, the player may at once croquet the roqueted ball, or roquet it again immediately or after other roquets.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
“Goody!” cried Mabel, and hitting Patty’s ball, she roqueted it back where it had come from.
From Patty's Friends by Carolyn Wells
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
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
Or it may make a point by roqueting any of the other balls.
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
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