Ecarte (Noun)
Meaning
A card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- In a typical game of Écarté, each player is dealt 5 cards, and the remaining cards are set aside.
- Écarté was a popular card game among the French nobility in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- After dealing the cards, the top card of the remaining deck is turned over and set beside it to start the discard pile in Écarté.
- To play a round of Écarté, each player in turn announces a trump suit and names the points for which they wish to play.
- A classic deck of Écarté contains only 32 cards, from 7s up to kings.