'old sledge' definitions:
Definition of 'old sledge'
(from WordNet)
noun
A form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game [syn: seven-up, old sledge]
Definition of 'old sledge'
From: GCIDE
- Sledge \Sledge\ (sl[e^]j), n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge a hammer. See Sled, n.]
- 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution. [Eng.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sleigh. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and {all fours}. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'old sledge'
From: GCIDE
- High \High\, n.
- 1. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. [1913 Webster]
- 2. People of rank or high station; as, high and low. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Card Playing) The highest card dealt or drawn. [1913 Webster]
- High, low, jack, and the game, a game at cards; -- also called all fours, old sledge, and seven up.
- In high and low, utterly; completely; in every respect. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- On high, aloft; above. [1913 Webster]
- The dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78.
- The Most High, the Supreme Being; God. [1913 Webster]