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lacrosse
(lə krôs′)
noun
a game, similar to field hockey, in which two teams of ten men or twelve women each, using long-handled, pouched rackets, try to throw a small rubber ball into the opponents' goal: the game was first played by North American Indians
Origin: CdnFr < Fr la, the + crosse, a crutch, hockey stick < ML crucia: see crosier
See lacrosse in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A game played on a rectangular field by two teams of ten players each, in which participants use a long-handled stick that has a webbed pouch on one end to maneuver a ball into the opposing team's goal.
Origin:
Origin: Canadian French la crosse
Origin: , from French (jeu de) la crosse, (game of) the hooked stick
Origin: , from Old French croce, crosse, crosier
Origin: , of Germanic origin
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