[ noun ] a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two <noun.act>
Cribbage \Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.
A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John Hall.
{Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.