crossruff

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English

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Etymology

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From cross- +‎ ruff.

Noun

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crossruff (plural crossruffs)

  1. (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
    • 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times[1]:
      When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.
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See also

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Verb

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crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

  1. (bridge) To execute a play of this kind.