Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The stick used in lacrosse, consisting of a shaft having at one end a looped head to which webbing is attached.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The implement used in the game of lacrosse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
lacrosse stick
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Papa, who was near me, explained to me that this was called a crozier (crosse), which puzzled me, as crosse is also the name for the drumstick of a chicken.
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In French Quebecer slang, a crosse is a rude word to describe male sexual self-gratification, to remain in polite terms.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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C.xxxvii. yardes and a halfe long (for the length therof wilbe as moche as the breadth of all the lodgynges) and shall likewise be xxii. yardes and a half broad, and shalbe called the crosse waie.
Machiavelli, Volume I Niccol�� Machiavelli 1498
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a certaine crosse, which is, they say, a holy Crosse.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The root word of the "crosse", which means "stick", suggests that the game is played with sticks.
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My son is active in la crosse and is good physical condition, but some of his friends (I've known some of these kids for 10+ years) are couch potatoes, shaped like light bulbs at a time when their metabolism should permit them to burn it off with regular exercise.
Youth Sports 2008
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A veteran of Korea and Viet Nam, he retired to Chapel Hill and taught la crosse, the game which gained him All = American recognition at the Naval Academy.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: John Edwards' Father-In-Law Dies at 87 2008
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Although Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In hasn't crosse ...
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Although Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In hasn't crosse ...
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A veteran of Korea and Viet Nam, he retired to Chapel Hill and taught la crosse, the game which gained him All = American recognition at the Naval Academy.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: John Edwards' Father-In-Law Dies at 87 2008
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