Dictionary

doubleton en · NOUN

Etymology

From double + -ton.

Meanings

1. (rare) A set containing precisely two elements.
2. A pair of cards of the same suit, which are the only cards of that suit in a player's hand
   • If she had had the doubleton ace of diamonds and a low club, she would have made a four-club splinter bid, showing four-card spade support, the values for game and a singleton or void in clubs. 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times:

Forms

Coordinates

singleton

Translations (6)

fi dubbeli (bridge: two cards of same suit) · pl dubleton (bridge: two cards of same suit) · fr doublet (math: set of two elements) · bg дубъл (bridge: two cards of same suit) · cmn 双元素集 (math: set of two elements) · bg дубъл (math: set of two elements)