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Curling

Terms of or pertaining to the sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings.

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Hack

Sports; Curling

The two rubber blocks that are at each end of the rink from where curlers start their delivery. Right-handed players deliver their stones from the left hack and left-handed players from the right ...

Hammer

Sports; Curling

The very last stone played at the conclusion of each end.

Heavy

Sports; Curling

This is a stone that has been played with too much speed or weight and therefore goes past its mark.

Hog line

Sports; Curling

This is the line that a player must be behind when they release their stone. A stone must travel past the far hog line, but if it does not it is removed from play.

Counter

Sports; Curling

Any stone that is inside or is touching the house.

Curl

Sports; Curling

The curving motion that a stone follows as it moves down the ice.

Delivery

Sports; Curling

The motion that a curler uses to deliver the stone to the house.

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