chouette
[ shoo-et ]
/ ʃuˈɛt /
noun
a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
Origin of chouette
1885–90; < French, from the phrase
faire la chouette to play alone against a group of opponents (in billiards, etc.), literally, to play the barn owl, perhaps alluding to the owl's watchful look
Words nearby chouette
chotzen syndrome,
chou,
chou en-lai,
chou pastry,
choucroute,
chouette,
chough,
choukoutien,
chouse,
choux pastry,
chow