ecarte
/eɪˈkɑːrteɪ/
noun
- A card game for two players, in which each player is dealt five cards and may discard and replace some of them, with the goal of winning tricks.
- My grandfather taught me how to play ecarte when I was young.
- They spent the rainy afternoon playing a few rounds of ecarte.
- In ecarte, the player who wins the most tricks scores points toward the game.