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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half-ball

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

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

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 striker spots his ball at A in baulk, so as to strike B the ordinary half-ball stroke.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Throgton left and my uncle, as often happens, kept trying over the last shot—a half-ball shot, sir, with the red over the pocket.

From Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen