chuk|ker

chuk|ker
chuk|ker or chuk|kar2 «CHUHK uhr», noun.
a period of play in a polo game, usually lasting 7½ minutes: »

Between chukkers of the Royal Windsor Polo Cup matches at Windsor Great Park, England, an announcer called for volunteers to replace turf dug up by the ponies' hooves on the rain-soaked field (Newsweek).

[< Hindustani chakar a round < Sanskrit chakra a wheel]

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