Lacrosse Definition

lə-krôs, -krŏs
noun
A game, similar to field hockey, in which two teams of ten men or twelve women each, using long-handled, pouched rackets, try to throw a small rubber ball into the opponents' goal: the game was first played by North American Indians.
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Origin of Lacrosse

  • Canadian French la crosse from French (jeu de) la crosse (game of) the hooked stick from Old French croce, crosse crosier of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from French la crosse (“the stick”).

    From Wiktionary

Lacrosse Sentence Examples

  • He started playing lacrosse at the age of nine, at Rochdale LC.

  • Nearby, we have access to football, hockey, lacrosse and rugby pitches, and share an excellent boathouse on the river.

  • Suddenly, we were not going to get by with three days of good lacrosse.

  • I never thought major league lacrosse 's root structure underpinning.

  • We have continued to be a force to be reckoned with in college lacrosse.

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