What does "ombre" mean?
Ombre: A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.
Additional senses
- 2.A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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