'Rouge et noir' definitions:
Definition of 'rouge et noir'
(from WordNet)
noun
A card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number [syn: rouge et noir, trente-et-quarante]
Definition of 'Rouge et noir'
From: GCIDE
- Trente et quarante \Trente" et` qua`rante"\ [F., lit., thirty and forty.] Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Rouge et noir'
From: GCIDE
- Rouge \Rouge\, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red.] red. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Rouge et noir[F., red and black], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. --Hoyle. [1913 Webster]