newmarket Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century
  2. noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
    Michigan; boodle; stops; Chicago.

WordNet


New"mar`ket noun
Etymology
From Newmarket, England.
Definitions
  1. A long, closely fitting cloak.

Webster 1913