OMBRE was brought into England by Catherine of Portugal, queen to Charles II.
Ombre was most probably introduced into this country by Catherine of Portugal, the queen of Charles II.
Waller, the court poet, has a poem on a card torn at Ombre by the queen.
It did not stand its ground, however, in this country; Ombre continuing the fashionable game in England, down till after the expiration of the first quarter of the last century.
Mr. Garman regards this trout as the offspring of an importation of the ombre chevalier and not as a native species, and in this view he may be correct.
If man had been unselfish, L'ombre immense serait son fauve auxiliaire.
Maddox recovered his usual tone; and the cook flourished his knife, swearing that he should like to see the smuggler who would again order him to dress cutlets à l'ombre Chinoise.
If either of the antagonists made more tricks than the ombre, the winner took the pool, and the ombre had to replace it for the next game.
The whole idea of this description of a game at ombre is taken from Vida's description of a game at Chess in his poem intitled Scacchia Ludus.
The ombre had the privilege of deciding which suit should be trumps.
From the Spanish matador, a murderer, because the matadors in ombre were the three best cards, and the slayers of all that came into competition with them.
Maddox recovered his usual tone; and the cook flourished his knife, swearing that he should like to see the smuggler who would again order him to dress cutlets a l'ombre Chinoise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ombre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
