crosse

See also: crossé and Crosse

English

Etymology

From French crosse (“stick”).

Noun

crosse (plural crosses)

1. A lacrosse stick.

Usage notes

Rarely used outside of the game's rulebooks; "stick" is preferred during practice and gameplay.

Translations

lacrosse stick

• French: crosse (fr) f
• Irish: crosóg f

Anagrams

• Croses, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, orcess, scores, scorse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”).

Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔs/

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Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. butt (of rifle etc.)
2. stick
3. crosier
4. (France, sports) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
5. lacrosse

   Synonym: lacrosse

6. (Canada, uncountable, informal) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)
7. (Canada, vulgar) masturbation

Derived terms

• crosse de fougère

Descendants

• → Portuguese: crossa

Further reading

• “crosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• corses
• scores

Middle English

Noun

crosse

1. Alternative form of cross

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʀɔs/

Etymology 1

From Latin crusta.

Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. crust (outer layer of bread and pastry).

Derived terms

• pice-crosse
• cache-ås-crosses

Etymology 2

From Frankish *krukkju.

Noun

crosse f (plural crosses)

1. crook, crosier.
2. crutch.
3. butt.

Derived terms

• crossete
• crossî