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Noun: balkline  'bo(l)k,lIn
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: baulk-line)
  1. 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