hog score

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noun Curling.

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.

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Origin of hog score

First recorded in 1780–90

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for hog score

Hog, hog, n. in curling, a stone which does not pass the hog-score.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Hog, a stone that stops short of the hog-score, a line drawn one-sixth of the length of the rink from the tee.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various