English Explanatory Dictionary

handplay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hand-to-hand combat.
  2. In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.

Word forms

handplay handplays

Etymology

Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from Old English handplega (“fighting”), equivalent to hand + play. Compare swordplay.

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