plural. The set of pins of wood or bone used in a kind of ninepins or skittles; more frequently, the game played with these.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] (55) kaylesc1325 plural. The set of pins of wood or bone used in a kind of ninepins or skittles; more frequently, the game played with these. skaylesa1566 A form of the game of skittles or ninepins; also, one of the pins with which this game is played. ninepins1580 A game in which nine skittles are set up to be knocked down by a ball or bowl. Also figurative. Cf. kayles, n., skittle, n. 1a, 1b. pin1580 Other concrete uses. A skittle; a point gained by knocking down a skittle. In plural: the game of skittles. Cf. ninepins, n., ten-pins, n. skittles1634 plural. A game traditionally played with nine pins set in a square upon a wooden frame, an angle of which is directed towards the player, who… kittle-pins1649 Skittles, nine-pins. skayle-pins1656 nine pegs1675 (probably) = ninepins, n. 1. four corners1730 a game: see quots. Also, in Horse Riding (see quot. 1753). Dutch pins1801 a form of nine-pins or skittles. Dutch rubbers1801 = Dutch pins n. long bowling1801 = long bowl, n. 1. ten-pins1807 A game in which ten pins (see pin, n.1 5c) or ‘men’ are set up to be bowled at; cf. ninepins, n.; spec. (originally U.S.) a game so played, also… squails1847 plural. The game of ninepins; skittles. south-western dialect. ten-pin bowling1934 attributive and in other combinations, as ten-pin alley, ten-pin ball, ten-pin bowling. Subcategories:— playing (2) — player (3) — game or tie (1) — delivery of ball (1) — types of shot (6) — knocking over by pin (1) — score (1) — setting up of pins (6) — area on which skittles is played (1) — alley (8) — frame used to set pins (1) — pin(s) (7) — ball (1) — building (1) |
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