Feminine
crosse
Meaning
- (feminine) butt (of rifle etc.)
- (feminine) stick
- (feminine) crosier
- (France, feminine) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club
- (feminine) lacrosse
- (Canada, feminine, informal, uncountable) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)
- (Canada, feminine, vulgar) masturbation
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Kolben
báculo
kolf
culata
rocco
pal de golf bastone pastorale bàculFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁɔs/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”). Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.
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