half-butt

British  

noun

1. a snooker cue longer than an ordinary cue, usually used with a long rest

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Example Sentences

I’m not about to do something and half-butt it, you know what I’m saying?

From Seattle Times

Their body language was precise and stylized as they leaned across the table with straight backs and legs, sometimes using a half-butt or full-butt — longer cues — to reach balls on the opposite side of the table.

From New York Times

A penalty which veteran sailors inflict on those who, for the first time, pass the tropics, the equator, or formerly even the Straits of Gibraltar; and is usually performed in the grog-tub or half-butt, with the assistance of a few buckets of water; the usual fine, however, always prevents the penalty being inflicted.

From Project Gutenberg

By this time Judson had pinned him in a corner, and was prodding him with the half-butt.

From Project Gutenberg