hog score

noun

, Curling.

1. a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog score¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Hog, a stone that stops short of the hog-score, a line drawn one-sixth of the length of the rink from the tee.

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Hog, hog, n. in curling, a stone which does not pass the hog-score.

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