/skaht, skat/ , n.
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
[ 1860-65; skat scarto, deriv. of scartare to discard, equiv. to s- EX- 1 + -cartare, deriv. of carta CARD 1 ]