half-ball

British  

noun

1. 1. a contact in billiards, etc, in which the player aims through the centre of the cue ball to the edge of the object ball, so that half the object ball is covered

   2. ( as modifier )

      a half-ball stroke

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Example Sentences

Occasionally, Davidson tries to organize a half-ball game, among those who still know the rules.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

On a recent weekend on a blacktop in Mayfair, a group of old-heads marked what was likely the last half-ball tournament of the year.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

She often works with a Bosu balance trainer, a squishy half-ball with a firm flat side.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2010

The object-ball is struck at “three-quarter ball” or “quarter-ball” according as the edge of 937 the cue-ball appears to strike mid-way between the half-ball point and the centre or edge respectively of the object-ball.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Now there is an easy losing hazard, if the stroke be played with the ordinary half-ball stroke, into either top pocket off the red ball.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis