massé

[ma-sey, mas-ee]

noun

Billiards.

1. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.

massé

/ ˈmæsɪ /

noun

1. billiards a stroke made by hitting the cue ball off centre with the cue held nearly vertically, esp so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball

Word History and Origins

Origin of massé¹

1870–75; < French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer ( Old French mace; mace ¹ ) + -é -ee

Word History and Origins

Origin of massé¹

C19: from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace _mace ¹

Example Sentences

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