noun pl. casinos
- in Italy, a small country house
- a public room or building for entertainments, dancing, or, now specif., gambling
- a card game for two to four players in which the object is to use cards in the hand to take cards or combinations of cards exposed on the table
Origin:
It, dim. of casa, house < L, hut, shed; orig.? of plaited material < IE base *kat-, to twist, plait > OE heathor, pen, Sans kōt, small stable