| baulk (bɔːk, (usually for sense 1) bɔːlk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | billiards Also (US): balk |
| a. the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion | |
| b. (in baulk-line games) one of the spaces between the cushions and the baulk lines | |
| c. in baulk inside one of these spaces | |
| 2. | archaeol a strip of earth left between excavation trenches for the study of the complete stratigraphy of a site |
| 3. | croquet either of two lines (A baulk and B baulk) at diagonally opposite ends of the court, from which the ball is struck into play |
| —vb, —n | |
| 4. | a variant spelling of balk |