| baulk line or (US) balk line | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: string line a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game |
| 2. | a. one of four lines parallel to the cushions dividing the table into a central panel and eight smaller ones (the baulks) |
| b. a type of game using these lines as restrictions | |
| balk line or (US) balk line | |
| —n | |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |