[chi.cane] vb chi.caned ; chi.can.ing [F chicaner, fr. MF, to quibble, prevent justice] vi (ca. 1672): to use chicanery "a wretch he had taught to lie and ~ --George Meredith" ~ vt: trick, cheat
[2]chicane n (1686) 1: chicanery
2. a: an obstacle on a racecourse b: a series of tight turns in opposite directions in an otherwise straight stretch of a road-racing course
3: the absence of trumps in a hand of cards