skittles

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a game in which players roll or throw a ball to knock down a group of wooden pins

   We played skittles behind the village pub after lunch.

2. 2
   noun

   the wooden pins used in the game of skittles

   The ball struck the skittles and knocked every one down.

Plural of skittle, probably from an older Scandinavian or Germanic word for a small piece of wood or wooden pin. The game name arose from the pins used as targets.

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