OMBRE


Meaning of OMBRE in English

[ 'ɒmbə , 'ɒmbreɪ ]

■ noun a trick-taking card game for three people using a pack of forty cards, popular in the 17th–18th centuries.

Origin

from Sp. h~ 'man', with ref. to one player seeking to win the pool.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.