straight rail — noun : a carom billiards game in which points are scored by causing the cue ball with or without cushion contact to strike both object balls simultaneously or alternately … Useful english dictionary
Balkline and straight rail — Balkline (sometimes spelled balk line)Cite journal url=http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArchiveView.asp?BaseHref=BEG/1896/11/24 Page=10 SelectedEntity=Ar01031 skin=BEagle GZ=T title=To Play 14 inch Balk Line author=… … Wikipedia
Straight pool — Straight pool, also called 14.1 continuous or simply 14.1, is a pocket billiards game, and was the common sport of championship competition until overtaken by faster playing games like nine ball (and to a lesser extent eight ball). This is the… … Wikipedia
billiards — billiardist, n. /bil yeuhrdz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) any of several games played with hard balls of ivory or of a similar material that are driven with a cue on a cloth covered table enclosed by a raised rim of rubber, esp. a game played with … Universalium
Carom billiards — Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole and, in some cases, used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive, is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally… … Wikipedia
Five-pin billiards — This article is about the originally Italian and now internationally standardized billiard game. For the Danish five pin game, see Danish pin billiards. Five pins redirects here. For other uses, see Five pins (disambiguation). Five pin billiards… … Wikipedia
English billiards — English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, also known variously as the English game, the all in game and as the common game,cite book | last = Shamos | first = Michael Ian… … Wikipedia
History of English billiards — English billiards is a two player game that is popular across the British Empire, where it is known simply as billiards. [ cite book last = Everton first = Clive authorlink = Clive Everton title = History of Snooker and Billiards publisher =… … Wikipedia
carom billiards — noun plural but usually singular in construction : any of several games of billiards played with a cue and three balls on a pocketless table, points being scored by a player s causing the cue ball to carom from one object ball to another compare… … Useful english dictionary
Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… … Wikipedia
