Category: Entertainment
Created by: a.protic
Number of Blossarys: 5
Pockets are openings in a billiard table, into which balls are shot (pocketed or potted). Pockets can be cut into the surface of the table, on the inner section, or on the sides and in the corners of ...
Rails, or cushion rails, are the sides of a billiard table's wooden frame, upon which the elastic rubber is mounted. It also serves as a rest for player's hand while taking a shot.
In pool games, safety shot refers to an intentional defensive shot, the most common goal of which is to leave the opponent either no plausible shot at all, or at least a difficult one.
In pocket billiards games, "scratch" stands for pocketing of the cue ball. In most games, a scratch is a type of foul.
Skittle is an upright pin, which looks like a miniature bowling pin, or a mushroom-like object, present in certain billiard games. Depending on the game, there may be one skittle, or several, and ...
Snooker is a billiard game played on a pool table with six pockets. Aside from the cue ball, there are 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colors: yellow, green, brown, ...
Solids, or solid balls, are the non-striped ball suit (group) of a fifteen ball set that are numbered 1 through 7 and have a solid color scheme (the group does not include the black 8 ball).