loggets

noun

loggets

noun

US /ˈlɔɡ.ɪts/ · UK /ˈlɒɡ.ɪts/

1

Obsolete A game involving throwing pieces of wood at a stake.

  • Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with them?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

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