ombren.¹

Brit.

/ˈɒmbə/, U.S.

/ˈɑmbər/

Forms:

α. 1600s hombrè, 1600s umbre, 1600s–1800s hombre, 1600s–1800s omber, 1600s– ombre, 1700s umber (Scottish).

β. 1600s l'ombre, 1600s 1800s l'hombre.

Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French hombre; Spanish hombre.

Etymology: < French hombre (1657) or its etymon Spanish hombre (1615 denoting an early four-handed form of the game), specific sense of hombre man (see hombre n.), so called because the lone player is known as el hombre ‘the man’ (compare quot. 1662 at sense 1).In β. forms after French l'hombre with definite article; compare Dutch †lomber, German †Lombre (1697), Lomber (1727 or earlier), Swedish lomber (1697), †lombre (1716).

1. A trick-taking card game for three people using forty cards. Cf. renegado n. 4.For a game of ombre, the eights, nines, and tens are discarded from an ordinary pack of 52 cards. Ombre reached the height of its popularity in the 17th and 18th centuries, with quadrille superseding it as the most fashionable card game c1726. It was the first card game to use the idea of an auction, where players bid for the right to nominate a trump suit.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun]

ombre1661

quadrille1720

1661 E. Gower Let. 26 Jan. in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1876) 202/1 To play at Hombre, the new game at cards now in fashion at court.

1662 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter (ed. 2) 353 L'Ombre is a Spanish Game at Cards, wherein he who undertakes to play it saith Jo soy L'Ombre, i.e. I am the man; for so the word L'Ombre signifieth.

1691 G. Etherege Let. to E. of M. in Hist. Adolphus 72 Such ropes of Pearl her Arms incumber, She scarce can deal the Cards at Omber.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 21 At Ombre singly to decide their Doom.

a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 54 They taught him with address and skill To shine at ombre and quadrille.

1801 B. Thompson tr. F. L. Schroder Ensign in B. Thompson tr. German Theatre i. 15 Mrs. Lenton perhaps made a third at L'Hombre?

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 418 The night when he and the Marquis of Steyne won a hundred thousand from a great personage at Hombre.

1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 151 At Ombre, Basset, Loo, Quadrille, You heard it resonant and shrill.

1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 1902, 208/2 Ombre, though a less scientific game than whist, affords much more scope for play than would at first sight appear.

1985 K. Spink tr. D. Lapierre City of Joy i. v. 30 Later in the evening, there were always a few rounds of whist or ombre in one of the innumerable clubs.

2. The highest bidder in a game of ombre, quadrille, etc.; a lone player (cf. lone player at lone adj. 1b). Also figurative. Now rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > player

ombre-player1675

defender1728

ombre1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) If any will attempt for it [sc. the stake or game], he henceforth is call'd the Ombre.

1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 20 He is then the Ombre (El Hombre) the man of the moment—the champion who stands the game.

1879 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack & Game iv. 131 I am the ombre of the King of Hearts.

2012 Notes & Queries June 205/2 The player seated to the right of the Dealer—not L'Hombre—has the powerful privileges of bidding first and leading.

Compounds

General attributive.

† ombre-box n. Obsolete rare

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > equipment

ombre table1711

ombre-box1734

cent1768

1734 Daily Jrnl. 2 Sept. 1/2 152 Quadrille Boxes, 200 Ombre Boxes, 1620 Tea Canisters.

1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 9 A regular Ombre-box has four trays within it each with its several coloured counters, and in the middle a pool-dish.

ombre-player n.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > player

ombre-player1675

defender1728

ombre1728

1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 28 Heavens keep me, from being an hombre Player with'em.

1735 in Pope's Lett. I. 319 Things..below the Consideration of a Wit, and an Ombre-player.

1859 H. Barnard Pestalozzi & Pestalozzianism 155 The Prince..found that he was a skillful ombre-player.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 24 We'll be coming here, the ombre players, to rake your gravel.

2001 J. Black Brit. Diplomats & Diplomacy vi. 98 Sir Robert Sutton was a very good ombre player.

ombre table n.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > equipment

ombre table1711

ombre-box1734

cent1768

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋10 Ladies..who as soon as the Ombre-Table is called for..are immediately Transmigrated into the veriest Wasps in Nature.

1897 Cent. Mag. June 276/2 The ombre-tables were set out and ready.

1944 C. Drepperd Amer. Antiques 241/1 Ombre tables: Three-cornered tables for playing the three-party (cutthroat) game of cards, ombre.

2004 M. Galinou City Merchants & Arts v. 66 The formal rooms were highly fashionable with..an India cabinet, tea table and ombre table in one and damask chairs and curtains in a second.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ombre
释义	ombren.¹ Brit. /ˈɒmbə/, U.S. /ˈɑmbər/ Forms: α. 1600s hombrè, 1600s umbre, 1600s–1800s hombre, 1600s–1800s omber, 1600s– ombre, 1700s umber (Scottish). β. 1600s l'ombre, 1600s 1800s l'hombre. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French hombre; Spanish hombre. Etymology: < French hombre (1657) or its etymon Spanish hombre (1615 denoting an early four-handed form of the game), specific sense of hombre man (see hombre n.), so called because the lone player is known as el hombre ‘the man’ (compare quot. 1662 at sense 1).In β. forms after French l'hombre with definite article; compare Dutch †lomber, German †Lombre (1697), Lomber (1727 or earlier), Swedish lomber (1697), †lombre (1716). 1. A trick-taking card game for three people using forty cards. Cf. renegado n. 4.For a game of ombre, the eights, nines, and tens are discarded from an ordinary pack of 52 cards. Ombre reached the height of its popularity in the 17th and 18th centuries, with quadrille superseding it as the most fashionable card game c1726. It was the first card game to use the idea of an auction, where players bid for the right to nominate a trump suit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] ombre1661 quadrille1720 1661 E. Gower Let. 26 Jan. in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1876) 202/1 To play at Hombre, the new game at cards now in fashion at court. 1662 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter (ed. 2) 353 L'Ombre is a Spanish Game at Cards, wherein he who undertakes to play it saith Jo soy L'Ombre, i.e. I am the man; for so the word L'Ombre signifieth. 1691 G. Etherege Let. to E. of M. in Hist. Adolphus 72 Such ropes of Pearl her Arms incumber, She scarce can deal the Cards at Omber. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 21 At Ombre singly to decide their Doom. a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 54 They taught him with address and skill To shine at ombre and quadrille. 1801 B. Thompson tr. F. L. Schroder Ensign in B. Thompson tr. German Theatre i. 15 Mrs. Lenton perhaps made a third at L'Hombre? 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvii. 418 The night when he and the Marquis of Steyne won a hundred thousand from a great personage at Hombre. 1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 151 At Ombre, Basset, Loo, Quadrille, You heard it resonant and shrill. 1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 1902, 208/2 Ombre, though a less scientific game than whist, affords much more scope for play than would at first sight appear. 1985 K. Spink tr. D. Lapierre City of Joy i. v. 30 Later in the evening, there were always a few rounds of whist or ombre in one of the innumerable clubs. 2. The highest bidder in a game of ombre, quadrille, etc.; a lone player (cf. lone player at lone adj. 1b). Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > player ombre-player1675 defender1728 ombre1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) If any will attempt for it [sc. the stake or game], he henceforth is call'd the Ombre. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 20 He is then the Ombre (El Hombre) the man of the moment—the champion who stands the game. 1879 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack & Game iv. 131 I am the ombre of the King of Hearts. 2012 Notes & Queries June 205/2 The player seated to the right of the Dealer—not L'Hombre—has the powerful privileges of bidding first and leading. Compounds General attributive. † ombre-box n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > equipment ombre table1711 ombre-box1734 cent1768 1734 Daily Jrnl. 2 Sept. 1/2 152 Quadrille Boxes, 200 Ombre Boxes, 1620 Tea Canisters. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 9 A regular Ombre-box has four trays within it each with its several coloured counters, and in the middle a pool-dish. ombre-player n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > player ombre-player1675 defender1728 ombre1728 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 28 Heavens keep me, from being an hombre Player with'em. 1735 in Pope's Lett. I. 319 Things..below the Consideration of a Wit, and an Ombre-player. 1859 H. Barnard Pestalozzi & Pestalozzianism 155 The Prince..found that he was a skillful ombre-player. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 24 We'll be coming here, the ombre players, to rake your gravel. 2001 J. Black Brit. Diplomats & Diplomacy vi. 98 Sir Robert Sutton was a very good ombre player. ombre table n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > equipment ombre table1711 ombre-box1734 cent1768 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋10 Ladies..who as soon as the Ombre-Table is called for..are immediately Transmigrated into the veriest Wasps in Nature. 1897 Cent. Mag. June 276/2 The ombre-tables were set out and ready. 1944 C. Drepperd Amer. Antiques 241/1 Ombre tables: Three-cornered tables for playing the three-party (cutthroat) game of cards, ombre. 2004 M. Galinou City Merchants & Arts v. 66 The formal rooms were highly fashionable with..an India cabinet, tea table and ombre table in one and damask chairs and curtains in a second. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1661
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