crosse
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crosse (plural crosses)
Rarely used outside of the game's rulebooks; "stick" is preferred during practice and gameplay.
Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”).
Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.
crosse f (plural crosses)
crosse
crosse f (plural crosses)
crosse f (plural crosses)
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