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la·crosse (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

Etymology: CdnFr < Fr la, the + crosse, a crutch, hockey stick < ML crucia: see crosier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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