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bricole

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bri⋅cole

  [bri-kohl, brik-uhl]
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–noun
1. Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
2. an indirect action or unexpected stroke.
Origin:
1515–25; earlier, rebound off a court wall (in tennis), catapult < MF < It briccola, prob., with suffix substitution, < Langobardic *brihhil- that which breaks; cf. MHG brechel-, deriv. of brechen to break
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bricole

noun
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult] 
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