tric-trac
(ˈtrɪkˈtræk)
Also 7– trick-track.
[a. F. tric-trac, † trique-trac (16th c. in Littré; cf. also jeux de triquetactz, Godef. Compl.); so called from the clicking sound made by the pieces in playing the game: F. tric-trac, an echoic word (15th c.), applied to various clicking noises.]
An old variety of backgammon: = tick-tack n. 2.
| [1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. vii. 41 The trictrac of the knocking Friars.] 1687 Sedley Bellamira iv. i, I lost three sets at back-gammon, and a tout at trick-track. 1690 R. Davies Jrnl. (Camden) 78, I taught them to play grand tric-trac. 1788 Gentl. Mag. Dec. 1071/1 One of the kinds of trictrac used in Europe. 1852 Thackeray Esmond i. iv, He loved to play at cards and tric-trac with him. 1897 Dowden Fr. Lit. v. i. 336 The destiny of nations is satirically viewed as a vulgar game of trick-track. |
| attrib. 1800 M. Edgeworth Belinda xxx, There's Mrs. Delacour leading Miss Portman off into the trictrac cabinet. 1819 Lamb Let. to Miss Wordsworth 25 Nov., In the trick-track board, where the hits are figured. |