[f. LURCH v.2 + -ING1.] The gaining of a ‘lurch’ at play, esp. whist, piquet, etc.
c. 1350. MS. Reg., 13 A. xviii. fol. 158. Lurchyng [given as one of two modes of winning at the ‘long game’ at tables, the other being ‘lympoldyng’].
1763. Hoyle, Piquet, 125. The lurching of your Adversary … is so material that [etc.].
1767. Connossieur, No. 60 (ed. 5), II. 192. A school for Whist would [teach] lurching,… finessing,… and getting the odd trick.
