English

Noun

crossruff ‎(plural crossruffs)

1. (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
   • 2009, January 8, “Phillip Alder”, in Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup:

     When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

Related terms

• overruff
• ruff
• underruff

See also

• Ruff (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

crossruff ‎(third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

1. To execute a crossruff