BILLIARDS

billiards

(noun) any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

billiards (uncountable)

(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

Synonym: English billiards

(games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Synonyms

• See also cue sport

Etymology 2

Noun

billiards

plural of billiard

Source: Wiktionary

Bil"liards, n. Etym: [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a stick.]

Definition: A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.