lacrossen.
/ləˈkrɒs/, /ləˈkrɔːs/, U.S. /ləˈkrɔs/, /ləˈkrɑs/ A North American game at ball, introduced into England from Canada. In the general arrangements it resembles hockey or football, but the ball is a small one, driven and caught with a crosse n.
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baggataway1809
Indian ball1848
lacrosse1867
lax1951
1763 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada The Indians call the game baggatiway. By the French in Canada it is named ‘le jeu de la crosse’.
1805 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 18 Passed..a prairie called Le Cross, from a game of ball played frequently on it by the Sioux Indians.]
1867 (title) Laws of La Crosse.
1884 S. E. Dawson Handbk. Canada 225 Lacrosse is the national game of Canada, practised by the Indians long previous to the arrival of Europeans.
Compounds
attributive, as lacrosse-man.
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1882 Sun 14 May 6/5 The lacrosse men greeted this with hisses and groans.
Derivatives
laˈcrosser n. one who plays at lacrosse.
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1884 Sporting Times 9 June 3/5 The lacrossers of the South [of England].
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lacrosse association n.
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lacrosse association1868
1868 M. H. Robinson La Crosse p. iii The rules of the game, as settled by the La Crosse Association [of Canada] are now published for the first time.
1898 Outing 32 10/1 The Columbia University Union..is composed of the Rowing Club..the Gun Club, the Hockey Club, the Lacrosse Association, the Golf Club and the Fencing Club.
1950 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IX. 306/1 In 1867 the National Lacrosse Association was founded.
lacrosse ball n.
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lacrosse ball1899
1899 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Summer Needs issue 9 Lacrosse balls..030 [cents each].
lacrosse boot n.
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lacrosse boot1926
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 650/9 La Crosse boots..from 10/9.
1984 B. Reid So Much Love vi. 82 There was an extraordinary conglomeration of things: a string vest, one lacrosse boot, a sun hat, [etc.].
lacrosse match n.
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lacrosse match1892
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 51 We remember at a lacrosse match taking a shot at the moment a goal was scored.
1986 A. Sebba Enid Bagnold ii. 20 Although mostly concerned with clothes, lacrosse matches and the teachers, she evidently already had a talent for telling a good story.
lacrosse player n.
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lacrosse player1877
1877 Canadian Monthly 11 396/1 To urge upon Lacrosse players, both here and in England, the adoption for it of its original Indian appellation of ‘Baggatiway’.
1994 Madison (New Jersey) Eagle 21 July 7/1 Reilly is the seventh women's lacrosse player at Drew to be named an All-American, and the first defender ever.
lacrosse team n.
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lacrosse team1921
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 Mar. 10/4 Orangeville's lacrosse team is anxious to go to the coast to play for the Mann Cup.
1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 12 Apr. 8/3 Dick expects to..join the lacrosse team for the second quarter.
lacrosse stick n.
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hurl1791
racket1791
crosse1867
lacrosse stick1884
hurdle1887
1884 Echo of Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.) 17 May 6/4 Capt. Bill's lacrosse sticks are on hand.
1989 C. Harkness Time of Grace i. 32 I could not understand why it was considered sociable to hit one another over the head with lacrosse sticks every afternoon.
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