Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Roque \Roque\ (r[=o]k), n. [Abbr. fr. {Croquet}.]
   A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The
   court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a
   cushion in bank shots. The balls are 31/4 in. in diameter,
   the cage (center arches or wickets) 33/8 in. wide, the other
   arches 31/2 in. wide.