Rubber Match Defined

A three game set in bridge is still commonly referred to as a rubber.

Rubber match defined. Noun after two teams have each won three games the tie breaking match is an example of a rubber game. The red sox having lost the opener and won the second game lost the rubber match against the twins. Rubber definition a highly elastic solid substance light cream or dark amber in color polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants especially hevea and ficus species. Most sources date the use of the term rubber to refer to a tie breaker as far back as 1599 and the term had migrated to card games by the 18th century.

The definition of a rubber game is a tie breaking game. Rubber match plural rubber matches a sporting event at the end of a series in which the opponents are tied in terms of events won and lost. Noun plural rubber matches 1.