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billiards (iou)



billiards noun (orig. pl., but soon treated as sing.). Sing. form used only in comb. L16.
[French billard the game and the cue, from bille: see BILLET noun2, -ARD.]
A game played with cues and balls on an oblong smooth cloth-covered table: in the standard form played with three balls on a table with six pockets at the corners and sides into which the balls are struck.
bar billiards: see BAR noun1. pocket billiards: see POCKET noun & adjective.
Comb.: billiard-ball, billiard-cloth, billiard-cue, billiard-hall, billiard-player, billiard-room, billiard-table, etc.; billiard-marker a person or apparatus whose function is to record the score in billiards.
? Cf. POOL noun2, SNOOKER noun2.
billiardist noun a person who plays billiards M19.