cribbage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
    crib.

WordNet

Crib"bage noun
Etymology
From Crib, v. t., 2.
Definitions
  1. A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.
    A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall.

Webster 1913