Ninepins
101tenpin — n. 1 a pin used in tenpin bowling. 2 (in pl.) US = tenpin bowling. Phrases and idioms: tenpin bowling a game developed from ninepins in which ten pins are set up at the end of an alley and bowled down with hard rubber balls …
102fivepins — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural : five back * * * fiveˈpins singular noun A game with five ‘pins’, resembling ninepins and tenpins (fiveˈpin adjective as in fivepin bowling alley) • • • Main Entry: ↑five …
103squails — lz noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by squail) (I) of obsolete English skayles a form of skittles or ninepins, alteration (probably influenced by English skittles) of Middle English kayles kails… …
104go|rod|ki — «guh ROD kee; Russian guh ROT KEE», noun. a combination of shuffleboard and ninepins, formerly a favorite national game in Russia. ╂[< Russian gorodki] …
105nine|pin — «NYN PIHN», noun. one of the pins used in ninepins …
106ten|pins — «TEHN PIHNZ», noun. sing. or pl. 1. a game played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling. 2. the pins used in this. Usage Tenpins, the game (def. 1.), is plural in form and singular in use: »Tenpins is similar… …
107cayles — obs. form of kayles, ninepins …
