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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The stick used in lacrosse, consisting of a shaft having at one end a looped head to which webbing is attached.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The implement used in the game of lacrosse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a lacrosse stick

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French, staff; see crosier.]

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