Bowling

Bowling

Terms of or pertaining to a sport in which the object of the game is to knock over a set of pins by rolling a heavy ball across a defined boundary.

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Railroad

Sports; Bowling

A split where the pins directly across from each other. They are on the same line such as the 4-6, 7-9, 8-10, 7-10.

Markers that are embedded in the surface of the lane, that assist a bowler in determining a target line. The first set of marker's are ten dots seven feet beyond the foul line. The other set is nine ...

Rap

Sports; Bowling

When a single pin remains upright on a good hit. See also burner, tap and touch.

Baby split with company

Sports; Bowling

When the 2-7-8 or 3-9-10 pins are left standing.

Separation

Sports; Bowling

The distance between your standing position and where you want to place the ball on the lane.

Fill

Sports; Bowling

These are the pins that are knocked down following a spare or following two strikes. These pins are added to the ten or twenty pins, for the spare or strikes, when scoring.