Briscan
/ˈbrɪskən/noun
An old card game, related to bezique and brisque.
Did you know?Briscan belongs to the same historical family of trick-taking and melding games as brisque and bezique, though the ultimate origin of the name is uncertain.
Etymological Timeline
18th Century
French
brisque
“A card game and, in card-playing usage, a valuable or scoring card”
18th Century
French
briscan
“A form or related variety of the brisque family of card games”
Late 18th Century
English
briscan
“A card game recorded in English gaming vocabulary”
19th Century
English
briscan
“An old-fashioned card game, associated with games such as bezique”
Modern English
English
briscan
“An obsolete or historical card-game term”