单词 | anchor space |
释义 | > as lemmasanchor space anchor space n. Billiards any of eight boxes marked on the table at the intersection of the rail and a baulkline, in which two object balls are considered in baulk even when on either side of a baulkline (thus preventing the repeated use of the anchor cannon; cf. sense 6).In quot. 1894: a space either side of the baulkline where the anchor cannon is possible. ΚΠ 1894 Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Jan. 8/1 Jake got the balls in his favorite position along the line and began to knock off the billiards in rapid order. He coddled the balls up the line and across to the anchor space again.] 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 939/1 The ‘anchor baulk-lines’ form a tiny compartment, 6 in. by 3, and are drawn at the end of a baulk-line where it touches the rail and so divides the compartment into two squares. Only one shot is allowed in this ‘anchor-space’, unless a ball be driven out of it. 2002 M. I. Shamos New Illustr. Encycl. Billiards (new ed.) 8/2 The anchor space is twice as large as the 3½ x 7-inch Parker's Box. < as lemmas |
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