|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
cribbage
cribbage , card game played by two persons with a deck of 52 cards and a scoring (pegging) device known as a cribbage board. The board contains four rows of 30 holes each (two rows for each player), plus additional holes, called game holes. Each player gets two pegs to keep the score. The English poet Sir John Suckling (1609-42) is credited with inventing and naming the game. Each king (high card), queen, jack, and ten represents a count of 10 points; each ace, a count of 1; each other card, its index value. Each player receives six cards and lays away two face down to form the crib. The stock is then cut by the pone (nondealer) to produce the starter, which is turned up by the dealer; the starter is used to determine the value of the players' hands. Cards are placed face up alternately, nondealer first, in front of the player, who announces the total count. The object of each series is to carry the total of the cards to 31 or as close as possible without exceeding it. A player pegs 1 for laying down the last card in a series before reaching 31, or he pegs 2 for adding a card that makes exactly 31. Points also are scored for making the count 15 and for playing cards in sequence or in pairs. When all the cards have been played, each player pegs additional points for the pairs, sequences, and counts of 15 that can be arranged from the cards in his hand and the starter; the dealer also pegs the score in the crib. Several hands are played until the game is reached when one player pegs 61 points (once around the board) or 121 points (twice around).
|
|
|
Cite this article
"cribbage." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cribbage." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-cribbage.html "cribbage." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-cribbage.html |
|
cribbage
crib·bage / ˈkribij/ • n. a card game for two to four players, in which the objective is to play so that the value of one's cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31. |
|
|
Cite this article
"cribbage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cribbage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cribbage.html "cribbage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cribbage.html |
|
cribbage
cribbage card-game, a characteristic feature of which is the crib, which consists of cards thrown out from each player's hand and belonging to the dealer. XVII. of unkn. orig.
|
|
|
Cite this article
T. F. HOAD. "cribbage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cribbage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cribbage.html T. F. HOAD. "cribbage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cribbage.html |
|
cribbage
cribbage
•abridge, bridge, fridge, frig, midge, ridge
•quayage • verbiage • foliage • lineage
•ferriage
•stowage, towage
•buoyage, voyage
•sewage
•Babbage, cabbage
•garbage • cribbage
•Burbage, herbage
•adage • bandage • yardage • headage
•appendage • windage • bondage
•vagabondage • cordage • poundage
•wordage • staffage • roughage
•baggage • mortgage • luggage
•package, trackage
•tankage • wreckage • breakage
•leakage
•linkage, shrinkage, sinkage
•blockage, dockage, lockage
•boscage • corkage • soakage
•truckage • tallage • assemblage
•railage
•grillage, pillage, spillage, stillage, tillage, village
•pupillage (US pupilage) • sacrilege
•ensilage • mucilage • cartilage
•sortilege • tutelage • curtilage
•privilege
•mileage, silage
•acknowledge, college, foreknowledge, knowledge
•haulage, stallage
•spoilage • Coolidge
|
|
|
Cite this article
"cribbage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cribbage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cribbage.html "cribbage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cribbage.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
