| 单词 | three-cushion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-cushion three-cushion adj. designating a type of billiards in which the cushion must be struck at least three times by a ball at each play (see quot 1957). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [adjective] > type of game spot-barred1874 three-cushion1910 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 939/2 There is also Three-Cushion Carom..and the Bank-Shot game. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 569/1 A count is validly made in three-cushion billiards in any one of four ways: (1) when the cue ball strikes an object ball and then strikes three or more cushions before striking the second object ball; (2) when the cue ball strikes three or more cushions before contacting the two object balls; (3) when the one ball strikes a cushion, then the first object ball, then two or more cushions and then the second object ball; (4) when the cue ball strikes two or more cushions, then the first object ball, then one or more cushions and finally the second object ball. 1974 Mark Twain Jrnl. Summer 3/1 Cure and Cutler played a game of three cushion billiards, a novelty at the time [sc. 1906]. < as lemmas |
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