society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > setting up of pins > pin-setter (3)
A boy employed at a bowling alley to set up the pins and return balls to the players. Also later: an automated device performing this task.
A person who or machine which sets up the pins in a bowling alley. Cf. pinboy, n.
An automated device used in a bowling alley for resetting the pins. Cf. pin-setter, n.