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Definition of Lacrosse

1. Noun. A game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal.

Definition of Lacrosse

1. n. A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

Definition of Lacrosse

1. Noun. (context: sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (''crosses'') and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lacrosse

1. a type of ball game [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacrosse

Literary usage of Lacrosse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canadian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Argyll (1892)
"The game of lacrosse is frequently played at Quebec and Montreal, and should be ... No player is allowed to touch it except with the lacrosse stick. ..."

2. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"This game was The game of lacrosse among the Menominee Indians [after WJ Hoffman, 1896]. On the left, a " crosse," about a yard long much played by the ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1803)
"... Governor lacrosse, and dismisses him the Island.—General Richepanse arrives with the Troops from France—lands without Opposition—and ..."

4. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"RULES OF lacrosse OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE lacrosse ASSOCIATION (Adopted November 30, 1901) RULE 1 SECTION 1.—Each player must be a student of some department ..."

5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1803)
"... black inhabitants, and year 1801, irritated by die arbitrary declared war against the French ^tyrannical conduct of the French captain-general lacrosse. ..."

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