SKITTLES

ninepins, skittles

(noun) a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

skittles (uncountable)

(mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.

(uncountable, chiefly, chess) An informal form of chess played without a clock.

Noun

skittles

plural of skittle

Source: Wiktionary

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Skit"tles, n. pl. Etym: [Of Scand. origin. sq. root159. See Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]

Definition: An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

SKITTLE

Skit"tle, a.

Definition: Pertaining to the game of skittles. Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played.

– Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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