Also 8 codill. [F. codille m., ad. Sp. codillo knee of a quadruped, angle, etc., dim. of codo elbow.] A term used at ombre when the game is lost by the person who challenges to win it.
1712–4. Pope, Rape Lock, III. 92. She sees, and trembles at th’ approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and Codille.
1729. Swift, Jrnl. Mod. Lady, Wks. 1755, III. II. 190. Well, if I ever touch a card! Four mattadores, and lose codill!
1878. H. H. Gibbs, Ombre, 26. If either of the adversaries win the game, he is said to give CODILLE to the Ombre. Note. The sense … may be that one has driven the Ombre into a corner, or else that he has a blow from his adversary’s arm.
