Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Roque"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roque \Roque\ (r[=o]k), n. [Abbr. fr. {Croquet}.]
A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The
court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a
cushion in bank shots. The balls are 31/4 in. in diameter,
the cage (center arches or wickets) 33/8 in. wide, the other
arches 31/2 in. wide.
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