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Carom billiards — Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole and, in some cases, used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive, is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally… … Wikipedia
three-cushion carom — noun : three cushion billiards … Useful english dictionary
Cushion caroms — Jacob Schaefer, Sr. tobacco card, circa 1880s Cushion caroms (or cushion carom billiards)[1] sometimes called by its original name, the indirect game,[2] is a carom billiards discipline generally played on a cloth covered, 5 foot ×… … Wikipedia
cushion shot — noun see cushion carom … Useful english dictionary
carom — [kar′əm] n. [< Fr carambole < Sp carambola; orig., kind of fruit < Malay karambil] 1. Billiards any shot in which the cue ball bounces off a cushion or an object ball; specif., such a shot that successively hits the two object balls,… … English World dictionary
carom billiards — ▪ game also called French billiards, game played with three balls (two white and one red) on a table without pockets, in which the object is to drive one of the white balls (cue ball) into both of the other balls. Each carom thus… … Universalium
carom billiards — noun plural but usually singular in construction : any of several games of billiards played with a cue and three balls on a pocketless table, points being scored by a player s causing the cue ball to carom from one object ball to another compare… … Useful english dictionary
UMB World Three-cushion Championship — The UMB World Three cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard. Years ago, there were similar world championships held … Wikipedia
three-cushion billiards — noun plural but usually singular in construction also three cushions : carom billiards in which the cue ball must touch one or more cushions three different times plus the two object balls to score a count … Useful english dictionary
Billiard Games — ▪ 2006 Introduction Carom Billiards. In January 2005 Sonny Cho of Flushing, N.Y., won his first U.S. championship in three cushion (carom) billiards by beating defending champion Pedro Piedrabuena 50–45 in the deciding game. Piedrabuena… … Universalium
