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Definition of Tredille
1. n. A game at cards for three.
Definition of Tredille
1. Noun. An old card game for three players. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tredille
1. a card game for three [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tredille
Literary usage of Tredille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1904)
"Lady Albemarle was at tredille; the Duke of Bedford came up to the table, and
told her he must speak to her as soon as the pool was over. ..."
2. Echoes from Old Calcutta: Being Chiefly Reminiscences of the Days of Warren by Henry Elmsley Busteed (1908)
"... most in vogue seem to have been tredille, Put, five card Loo, and Whist. Mrs.
Fay found that " a rupee a fish, limited to ten," were the ordinary stakes ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"... was at tredille; the Duke of Bedford came up to the table, and told her he
must speak to her as soon as ..."
4. Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell: From the Time of the Norman Conquest by Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen (1833)
"Lady Albemarle was at tredille; the Duke of Bedford came up to the table, and
told her he must speak to her as soon as the pool was over. ..."
5. The Good Old Days of Honorable John Company: Being Curious Reminiscences by William Carey (1906)
"tredille and whist are much in fashion, but ladies seldom join in the latter;
for though the stakes are moderate, bets frequently run high among the ..."
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