half-ball

noun

1. a contact in billiards, etc, in which the player aims through the centre of the cue ball to the edge of the object ball, so that half the object ball is covered
2. ( as modifier )
  a half-ball stroke

There was a thin thread of white that ran across the dun-colored range and reached that half-ball and then ended.

The great half-ball of metal loomed larger and larger but did not appear to grow nearer as Sally practiced first aid.

It looks like a half-ball of silver; this appearance is due to a quantity of air.

Strokes 15 and 16 must be played gently with a half ball, and 17 with a quarter ball.

The planet's surface became a half-ball, of which a part lay in darkness.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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