Meaning of game of the goose | Babel Free
Definitions
A board game, popular in the 16th century, in which players moved pieces around a track based on dice rolls.
historical
Equivalents
Français
jeu de l'oie
Examples
“Labyrinths disappeared from churches in the later Middle Ages, but exactly at the time that the game of the goose was coming into fashion in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries the creation of labyrinths in gardens became widespread.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.