 However, more recently, French historians have traced the origins of Bezique to a game called "Bezi" or "Bezit" which descended through a form of Single Bezique also known as Cinq Cents or Binage to early modern Bezique.The word "bezique" once meant "correspondence" or "association".In English-speaking nations, Binocles, meaning eyeglasses with this pronunciation, became the name for Bezique with minor rule variations, ultimately evolving into Pinochle.