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BAULK-LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baulk-line mean? 

BAULK-LINE (noun)
  The noun BAULK-LINE has 1 sense:

1. line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a gameplay

  Familiarity information: BAULK-LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAULK-LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

balkline; baulk-line; string line

Hypernyms ("baulk-line" is a kind of...):

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)


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