[pi.noch.le] n [modif. of G dial. Binokel, a game resembling bezique, fr. F dial. binocle] (1864): a card game played with a 48-card pack containing two each of A, K, Q, J, 10,
9. in each suit with the object to score points by melding certain combinations of cards or by winning tricks that contain scoring cards; also: the meld of queen of spades and jack of diamonds scoring 40 points in this game