kegler

[ keg-ler ]

noun

1. a participant in a bowling game, as candlepins or tenpins.

kegler

/ ˈkɛɡələ; ˈkɛɡlə /

noun

1. informal.
   a participant in a game of tenpin bowling

Word History and Origins

Origin of kegler¹

1930–35; < German, equivalent to Kegel (nine)pin + -er -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of kegler¹

from German, from Kegel pin, from Old High German kegil peg