trictrac

British  

/ ˈtrɪkˌtræk /

noun

1. a game similar to backgammon

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Etymology

Origin of trictrac

C17: from French, imitative

Example Sentences

She plays trictrac, reversis; she is quite pretty, quite innocent, and called Jeannette.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

He amused Josephine, and although eighty years of age, could play trictrac and talk well on any subject.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe

"So come along, and ma and papa can play trictrac all the time."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

The French name for backgammon is trictrac, imitative of the rattle of the dice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

I daresay, that he is playing trictrac at Metz this moment.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various