A lacrosse stick consisting of a curved pocket on a shaft, used to catch, carry, and throw the ball in the sport of lacrosse.
From French 'crosse' (a bishop's crosier or staff), from Old French 'croce', from Medieval Latin 'croccia'. The word was borrowed to describe the stick's resemblance to a bishop's ceremonial staff.
Lacrosse is one of the oldest team sports in North America—invented by Iroquois and other First Nations peoples centuries before European contact—and the name 'lacrosse' comes from French missionaries who thought the stick looked like a bishop's crosier!
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