skittle : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Skittle alley

  • noun a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
    alley; bowling alley.
WordNet
  • an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played.
Webster 1913

Skittle ball

  • noun ball used to knock down ninepins
    ninepin ball.
WordNet
  • a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.
Webster 1913

skittle pin

  • noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
    skittle; ninepin.
WordNet

skittle-dog

Skit"tle-dog` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The piked dogfish.
Webster 1913