balkline

 [bawk-lahyn]  

balk·line

   [bawk-lahyn]
noun
1.
Sports. (in track events) the starting line.
2.
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 + line1
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balkline

noun
line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game 
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