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Definition of Manille
1. n. See 1st Manilla, 1.
Definition of Manille
1. Noun. The second-highest trump in certain card games. ¹
2. Noun. A card game played with a deck of 32, in which the ten (or ‘manille’) is the highest in each suit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manille
1. the second highest trump in certain card games [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manille
Literary usage of Manille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hand-book of Games--: comprising new or carefully revised treatises on by H.G. Bohn (1867)
"manille, basto, queen, and two small clubs or spades, three small hearts, queen,
... manille, and the four smallest clubs or spades, king, queen, ..."
2. Hoyle's Games: Containing the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games, with by Edmond Hoyle (1887)
"manille, hasto, king, and two small hearts or diamonds, queen and one small club,
... manille, hasto, with the three smallest hearts 01 diamonds, ..."
3. Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games by Edmond Hoyle (1838)
"manille, hastn, queen, and two small clubs or spades, three small hearts, queen
and one ... manille, and the four smallest clubs or spades, king, queen, ..."
4. Hoyle's games, improved and enlarged by new and practical treatises: with by Edmond Hoyle (1847)
"manille, basto, queen, and two small clubs or spades, three small hearts, queen,
... manille, and the four smallest clubs or spades, king, queen, ..."
5. Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games of Skill and by Westminster Chess Club, London (1874)
"With four trumps of the Estuche Major, such as Espada, manille, Punto and King,
... With five trumps, such as Spada, manille, Punto and two small ones, ..."
6. Bohn's New hand-book of games: comprising whist, by Deschapelles, Matthews by Henry George Bohn, Edmond Hoyle (1856)
"manille, punto, queen, and two small hearts or diamonds, queen and one ...
manille, punto, and three small hearts or diamonds, knave and one small club, ..."
7. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1833)
"... ft. from Lord Chesterfield's Brother to Marcus, list. 71b. each, RM, 200, h, ft.
MATCH—Lord Verulam'sb. f. by Sultan ont of manille, tec. ft. from Mr. ..."
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