CANDLEPIN

candlepin

(noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

candlepin (plural candlepins)

(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.

Anagrams

• pinnacled

Source: Wiktionary


Can`dle*pin`, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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