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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bri•cole (bri kōl′, brik′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Games[Billiards.]a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- an indirect action or unexpected stroke.
- Langobardic *brihhil- that which breaks; compare Middle High German brechel-, derivative of brechen to break
- Italian briccola, probably, with suffix substitution,
- Middle French
- earlier, rebound off a court wall (in tennis), catapult 1515–25
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