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skit⋅tle

[skit-l]
–noun Chiefly British.
1. skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
2. one of the pins used in this game.

Origin:
1625–35; perh. < Scand; cf ON skutill shuttle, arrow; Dan skyttel shuttle
skit·tle   (skĭt'l)   
n.  
  1. skittles (used with a sing. verb) A British form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown to knock down the pins.
  2. One of the pins used in skittles.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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