lanterloo

noun /læntəˈluː/

1. A meaningless chant or refrain.

   countable

   The helmsman began to sing a monotonous, Levantine lanterloo.

2. A trick-taking card game popular in 17th-century England, where each player is dealt three or five cards.

   uncountable

Where it comes from

From French lanturlu, originally the refrain of a 16th-century song.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lanterloo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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