balkline
[ bawk-lahyn ]
/ ˈbɔkˌlaɪn /
noun
Sports.
(in track events) the starting line.
Billiards.
- a straight line drawn across the table behind which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game.
- any of four lines, each near to and parallel with one side of the cushion, that divide the table into a large central panel or section and eight smaller sections or balks lying between these.
- a balk lying inside one of these sections.
- balk(def 11).
Words nearby balkline
balkans,
balkar,
balkh,
balkhash,
balkis,
balkline,
balky,
ball,
ball ammunition,
ball and chain,
ball and ring