(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)…

A kind of game, perhaps similar to billiards or bagatelle.

= sense 1(b).

Billiards. Designating a type of handicap game in which the stronger player's score is reset to zero after a miss, or after an opponent scores…

Billiards. A game in which a number of red balls (typically fifteen) are arranged in a triangle on a billiard table and players take turns to try…

a game resembling billiards, played with three balls and five small pins; (also) any of various related games.

(See quot. 1884.)

North American. Any of various types of pool (pool, n.3 2).

(a) = pocket billiards, n. 1 (b) slang = pocket billiards, n. 2 (chiefly in to play pocket pool).

A game, played with balls on a billiard table, combining pool and pyramids. Also snooker('s) pool.

a game resembling billiards, in which players propel a ball across the surface of a table with puffs of air.

(With capital initial.) A type of pool (pool, n.3 2) using fifteen balls (see quot. 1934). In full, Kelly pool. U.S.

A game played on a billiard table with six coloured balls and one white, with which each player tries to pocket the coloured balls in a certain order.

a variation of billiards popular in bars and public houses, in which points are scored by striking the object balls into holes in the table, and…