balk line

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balk⋅line

[bawk-lahyn]

–noun

1.	Sports. (in track events) the starting line.

Billiards.

a.	a straight line drawn across the table behind which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game.

b.	any of four lines, each near to and parallel with one side of the cushion, that divide the table into a large central panel or section and eight smaller sections or balks lying between these.

c.	a balk lying inside one of these sections.

d.	balk (def. 11).

Origin:
1830–40; balk + line ¹

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balk line also balk·line (bôk'līn')

n. A line parallel to one end of a billiard table, from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made.

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