tray-trip

English

Etymology

From trey (“three”).

Noun

tray-trip (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An old game played with dice. It is unknown what the game involved, but it is likely dependent on rolling a 3.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:

     Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip, and become thy bond-slave?

References

• “tray-trip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• triparty