Playing Ball.—The ball struck with the mallet.
Point.—A player makes a point, by running a bridge or tolling a post, or by roqueting a ball that he has not previously roqueted during the tour—since making the step—or in other words, by roqueting a ball under such circumstances as would entitle him to the privilege of the croquet.
Position.—A ball is in position when it lies in front of its proper bridge with a possibility of running it by a single blow of the mallet.
Proper Bridge.—A bridge which it is a player’s turn to run next in order is said to be that player’s bridge or his proper bridge.
Push.—A stroke in which the mallet remains in contact with the ball after the instant of contact.
Ricochet.—(Rick´-o-shay.)—A ball making Roquet on two or more balls by the same blow of the mallet.
Roquet.—(Ro´-kay.) A ball makes Roquet on another ball when proceeding from a blow of the mallet it comes in contact with it either directly or by rebounding from a fixed obstacle in the ground or from another ball.
[Some writers define the Roquet as the contact of the playing ball with another ball under such circumstances as to constitute a point. This is merely a matter of choice regarding the facility of defining the other operations of the game. We consider that our definition renders the whole matter much the most simple.]
Roquet-Croquet.—The same as Croquet, except that the playing ball is not held under the foot, but both balls are free to move in accordance with the blow of the mallet.
A Rover.—A ball that has run all the bridges and has not hit the starting post.