ninepins Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
    skittles.
  2. noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
    skittle; ninepin; skittle pin.

WordNet

Nine"pins noun plural
Definitions
  1. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling. ✍ In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called tenpins.

Webster 1913