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oche

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɒki/
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/ˈɒki/ · /ˈɑki/

Definition of oche

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
    “Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.”
    “Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]”
    “When top players are aiming to maximize their total with three darts, their average score can exceed 100; they also expect to hit the closing double with their first or second attempt. Reaching the target within 15 darts (i.e. five visits to the oche, to slip into the vernacular) is not unusual; […]”
    “The pièce de résistance was the bar where I had over a dozen dart boards with pop-up oches. It was a massive success.”
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noun

  1. A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
    “Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.”
    “Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]”
    “When top players are aiming to maximize their total with three darts, their average score can exceed 100; they also expect to hit the closing double with their first or second attempt. Reaching the target within 15 darts (i.e. five visits to the oche, to slip into the vernacular) is not unusual; […]”
    “The pièce de résistance was the bar where I had over a dozen dart boards with pop-up oches. It was a massive success.”

name

  1. Former name of Euboea.

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Etymology

Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”), which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

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