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▪ I. carambole, n. Billiards.|ˈkærəmbəʊl|
[a. F. carambole, ad. Sp. carambola the red ball at billiards, the stroke so called, a trick: derivation unknown. As the word is in Pg. identical in form with the prec., suggestions as to their identity have been made, but without any evidence.]
†a. In billiards, the red ball which is placed on the mark. (But it is doubtful whether this sense has ever been practically in English use.)
†b. The game in which this ball is used. Obs.
c. The stroke otherwise called a cannon.
1775C. Jones Hoyle's Games Impr. 205 Billiards..Carambole, is played with three Balls, one being red which is neutral..The chief Object of the Game is to hit with your own Ball the two other Balls, which is called a Carambole. 1788J. Beaufort ibid. iii. 195 Carambole is a game newly introduced from France. Ibid. 196 The Russian carambole..has still more lately been introduced. 1820Hoyle's Games Impr. 371 Each of the hazards and the carambole counts two. Ibid. 372 Which stroke, called a carambole or carom. 1850Bohn Handbk. Games 519 If with his own ball he strike two others successively, the stroke is called a canon (formerly carom or carambole).
d. attrib., as in carambole game = b.
1807in N. & Q. (1886) 27 Feb. 167. 1820 Hoyle's Games Impr. 371 The Red or winning and losing carambole game. 1850Bohn Handbk. Games 544 The Carambole Games..are played with three balls.
▪ II. carambole, v.
[a. F. carambole-r, f. carambole; see prec.]
intr. To make a carambole or cannon at billiards. Hence ˈcaramboling vbl. n.
1775C. Jones Hoyle's Games Impr. 205 Seven may be gained in one Stroke, by caramboling and putting in both Balls. 1820Hoyle's Games Impr. 380 If the striker caramboles and holes both the red and his adversary's ball, he gains seven points. 1870Daily News 6 Oct., A good deal of..domino-playing, and caramboling at billiards. |