chukker

chukker or chuk·kar [chuhk-er] Word Origin noun Polo.

1. one of the periods of play.

Origin of chukker 1895–1900; Hindi chakkar Sanskrit cakra wheel Word Origin and History for chukkars chukker n.

also chucker, “period in a polo game,” 1898, from Hindi chakkar, from Sanskrit cakra “circle, wheel” (see chakra).