chicane
noun
[ ʃɪˈkeɪn ]
• a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road.
• "the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane"
• (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void.
• the use of deception; chicanery.
chicane
verb
• employ chicanery.
• "he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles"
Origin:
late 17th century (in the senses ‘chicanery’ and ‘use chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin.
