massé

American  

[ma-sey, mas-ee] / mæˈseɪ, ˈmæs i /

noun

Billiards.

1. a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.

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massé British  

/ ˈmæsɪ /

noun

1. billiards a stroke made by hitting the cue ball off centre with the cue held nearly vertically, esp so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball

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Etymology

Origin of massé

1870–75; < French: literally, hammered, i.e., struck from above, straight down, equivalent to masse sledge hammer ( Old French mace; see mace ¹) + -é -ee

Example Sentences

How could a man like that do such a massé?

From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)

"Colonel Stirling's," said Vaughan, making a brilliant massé.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester