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 half-ball angle is regarded as the standard angle for billiards, other angles being sometimes termed rather vaguely as “rather more or less than half-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