| 单词 | spot-barred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspot-barred spot-barred adj. Billiards designating a format of play in which the number of consecutive spot strokes is limited; of or relating to such play. Now disused; see note at spot stroke n.Cf. quot. 1873 at sense A. 9c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [adjective] > type of game spot-barred1874 three-cushion1910 1874 Morning Post 17 Mar. 3/4 (headline) Cook's Spot-barred Handicap. 1885 Rules Billiards §43 In a spot-barred game only one winning hazard is allowed to be made in the top pockets. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 937/2 In the modern spot-barred and push-barred game with a championship table, H. W. Stevenson in April 1904 made 788 against C. Dawson. 1950 Sunday News of India 9 July 12/7 A law..which laid down that only two red pots could be made off the ‘spot’..and so the spot-barred era followed. < as lemmas |
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