Definitions

1. noun

a set of rules and regulations governing a card game, especially whist or backgammon; the game itself, especially whist.

“The rules of the hoyle were well known to all experienced players.”

2. noun

a card game played with a deck of 52 cards, in which players try to make sets of cards with the same rank but different suits.

“The popular card game of hoyle became a favorite among friends and family.”

3. proper noun

Edward Hoyle, an 18th-century English writer and mathematician, who authored the first comprehensive set of rules for whist.

“The first edition of Hoyle’s Rules of Whist was published in 1742.”