Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cribbage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cribbage \Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.]
A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which
there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a
great variety of chances.
A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John
Hall.
{Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by
cribbage players to score their game.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cribbage
n : a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: {crib}]
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