请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 anchor space
释义

> as lemmas

anchor 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.
extracted from anchorn.1
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 12:38:58