Uiser:Lee Vilenski/Glossary o cue sports terms

The follaein i a glossary o traditional Inglis-leid terms uised in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referrin tae the various carom gemmes played o a billiard table wioot pockets; puil, which denotes a host o gemmes played on a table wi sax pockets; an snooker, played on a lairge pocket table, an which haes a sport cultur unto itself distinct frae puil. Thare are an aw hybrid pocket/carom gemmes sic as Inglis billiards.

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1-cushion

See the Straight rail billiards main article for the game sometimes called "one-cushion".

1-pocket

See the One-pocket main article for the game.

3-bawl

See the Three-bawl main article for the game.

3-cushion

See the Three-cushion billiards main article for the game.

4-bawl

See the Yotsudama main article for the modern Asian game often called "four-ball". See the American four-ball billiards main article for the nineteenth-century game.

5-pins

See the Five-pin billiards main article for the formerly Italian, now internationally standardized game, or Danish pin billiards for the five-pin traditional game of Denmark.

6-bawl

See the Nine-bawl#Six-bawl sub-article for the game.

8-bawl

See the Eight-bawl main article for the game. See the 8 ball entry, under the "E" section below, for the ball. See 8 ball (disambiguation) for derivative uses.

9-bawl

See the Nine-bawl main article for the game. See the 9 ball entry, under the "N" section below, for the ball.

9-pins

See the Goriziana main article for the game sometimes called nine-pins.

10-bawl

See the Ten-bawl main article for the game.

16-red clearance

In snooker, a tot clearance in which the break starts wi a free ball. The brak includes potting a colour ball counting as a red an aw 15 reds.