noun, feminine/kʁɔs/plural: crosses
butt (of rifle etc.); stick; crosier; hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club; lacrosse
Synonyms: lacrosse
Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”). Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.