deschapelles coup
noun
des·cha·pelles coup
¦dāshə¦pel(z)-
: the lead of a high card (such as a king) in whist or bridge in the hope that an opponent will win it and make the next-higher card good for an entry in one's partner's hand
Word History
Etymology
after Guillaume Deschapelles †1847 French authority on whist
- declasses
- declassicize
- declassification
- declassifications
- declassified
- declassifies
- declassify
- declassifying
- declassing
- declaw
- declawed
- declawing
- declaws
- declension
- declensional
- declensions
- declinable
- declinate
- declination
- declination axis
- declination circle
- declination compass
- declination parallel
- declinational
- declinations