trictrac

British  

/ ˈtrɪkˌtræk /

noun

1. a game similar to backgammon

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Etymology

Origin of trictrac

C17: from French, imitative

Example Sentences

In the mean time, Mrs. Delacour, unconscious of the curiosity she had excited, was speaking to Belinda in the trictrac cabinet.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

Whist and piquet soon grow stale in such a house and with such surroundings, and even trictrac with the old bishop of Evreux becomes tedious.

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

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

In noisy trictrac, or in quiet whist, These pass their time—and, to complete our list, There are who flirt with milliners or books, Or else with nature 'mid her meads and brooks.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

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