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English word ruck comes from Middle English ruke
ruke (Middle English)
ruck (English)
(obsolete, transitive) To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.. (transitive) To contest the possession of the ball in a game of Rugby. (Australian Rules Football) Contesting a bounce or ball up; used appositionally in "ruck contest". Rucks also used collectively either of ruckmen or of ruckmen and ruck rovers, and occasionally used in place of "followers" (including [...]