Noun: balkline 'bo(l)k,lIn
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: baulk-line)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: baulk-line)
- Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
"The player carefully positioned the cue ball behind the balkline";
- baulk-line [Brit], string line
Derived forms: balklines
Type of: line
Encyclopedia: Balkline