hog score

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of hog score

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Hog′-score, a line drawn across the rink at a certain distance from the tees—to be cleared, else the shot does not count.

From Project Gutenberg

Sweeping.—For the purpose of Sweeping, every player is furnished with a broom, by means of which the ice may sometimes be so polished that a stone may reach the tee, which, without sweeping, could not have passed the hog score.

From Project Gutenberg

When a game is begun the rink cannot be changed or altered unless by the consent of a majority of players, and it can be shortened only when it is apparent that a majority cannot play the length. 2nd.—The hog score must be distant from the tee one-sixth part of the length of the rink.

From Project Gutenberg

Hog Score—The line drawn across the rink, about seven yards from the tee; stones which do not pass this are thrown aside.

From Project Gutenberg