Culbertson system
noun
Cul·bert·son system
ˈkəlbə(r)tsən-
: a system of bidding in contract bridge characterized by the use of approach and forcing bids, limited no-trump bids, and ace-showing no-trump bids
called also approach-forcing system
Word History
Etymology
after Ely Culbertson †1955 American authority on contract bridge
- full score
- full sea
- full seamark
- full sight
- full snipe
- full speed
- full speed ahead
- full steam ahead
- full steam/speed ahead
- full stop
- full swell
- full tilt
- full to fifteenth
- full to the brim
- full toss
- full trailer
- full twist
- full vamp
- full verb
- full volley
- full well
- full whack
- full word
- full-blood
- full-blooded