英:['nʌklbəʊn]
美:['nʌkəlˌboʊn]
英:['nʌklbəʊn]
美:['nʌkəlˌboʊn]
knuck·le·bone
nuh kl bon
noun
a bone (such as a metatarsus or metacarpus of a sheep) used in games and formerly in divination
knucklebones plural in form but singular in construction a game played with knucklebones or jacks
The first known use of knucklebone was in 1577
1 But scientists still debate whether our close human relatives actually carved the knucklebone for a more practical purpose.
2 To win, players raced their opponent to the opposite end of the board, moving pieces according to knucklebone dice rolls.
3 As a onetime priest, McLaughlin would have undoubtedly understood the desire to possess a relic from a venerated figure, like a saint’s knucklebone or a sliver of the true cross.