crossruff

English

Etymology

From cross- +‎ ruff.

Noun

crossruff (plural crossruffs)

1. (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
   • 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

Related terms

• overruff
• ruff
• underruff

See also

• Ruff (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

1. (bridge) To execute a play of this kind.