Example sentences from the Web for baulk

So the baulk of timber was brought—a vast trunk of ebony which a man could scarcely clasp round with his arms.
Patraas|R. H. Busk
If it don't—well, it won't; that's all; but I want you to have the business long enough to baulk Belloc and Fabian the deserter.
Carnac's Folly, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Trade unionists enter a union to resist the exactions of the capitalists, and to baulk attempts on their part to reduce wages.
British Socialism|J. Ellis Barker
It shows now the losing hazard is made from baulk off the red on the spot.
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various

He said he would even have spent as much, to baulk or injure Copperfield.'
David Copperfield|Charles Dickens

baulk

/ (bɔːk, usually for sense 1 bɔːlk) /

noun

Also (US): balk billiards

the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
(in baulk-line games) one of the spaces between the cushions and the baulk lines
in baulk inside one of these spaces

archaeol a strip of earth left between excavation trenches for the study of the complete stratigraphy of a site

croquet either of two lines (A baulk and B baulk) at diagonally opposite ends of the court, from which the ball is struck into play

verb, noun

a variant spelling of balk

Words nearby baulk

Bauer's syndrome, Baugh, Bauhaus, bauhinia, Baul, baulk, baulk line, Baum, Baumé, Baumeister, Baumé scale

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	baulk
释义	Example sentences from the Web for baulk So the baulk of timber was brought—a vast trunk of ebony which a man could scarcely clasp round with his arms. Patraas\|R. H. Busk If it don't—well, it won't; that's all; but I want you to have the business long enough to baulk Belloc and Fabian the deserter. Carnac's Folly, Complete\|Gilbert Parker Trade unionists enter a union to resist the exactions of the capitalists, and to baulk attempts on their part to reduce wages. British Socialism\|J. Ellis Barker It shows now the losing hazard is made from baulk off the red on the spot. Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements\|Various He said he would even have spent as much, to baulk or injure Copperfield.' David Copperfield\|Charles Dickens baulk / (bɔːk, usually for sense 1 bɔːlk) / noun Also (US): balk billiards the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion (in baulk-line games) one of the spaces between the cushions and the baulk lines in baulk inside one of these spaces archaeol a strip of earth left between excavation trenches for the study of the complete stratigraphy of a site croquet either of two lines (A baulk and B baulk) at diagonally opposite ends of the court, from which the ball is struck into play verb, noun a variant spelling of balk Words nearby baulk Bauer's syndrome, Baugh, Bauhaus, bauhinia, Baul, baulk, baulk line, Baum, Baumé, Baumeister, Baumé scale Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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