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• Skittle — Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle alley — Skittle Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle ball — Skittle Skit tle, a. Pertaining to the game of skittles. [1913 Webster] {Skittle alley}, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. {Skittle ball}, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skittle Green — is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bledlow cum Saunderton in the county of Buckinghamshire, England.Skittle Green is northwest of the village of Bledlow, very near to the Oxfordshire boundary. External links *oscoor gbx|SP772028 …   Wikipedia

• skittle out — (cricket; informal) To dismiss (a batsman or team) for a low score, usu quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑skittle …   Useful english dictionary

• Skittle-dog — Skit tle dog , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The piked dogfish. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skittle — ► NOUN 1) (skittles) (treated as sing. ) a game played with wooden pins set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down with a wooden ball. 2) a pin used in the game of skittles. 3) (also table skittles) a game played with similar pins set up on… …   English terms dictionary

• skittle — [skit′ l] n. [prob. < Scand cognate of SHUTTLE (as in Dan skyttel, a shuttle, marble)] 1. [pl., with sing. v.] a British form of ninepins in which a wooden disk or ball is used to knock down the pins 2. any of these pins (not) all beer and… …   English World dictionary

• skittle pin — noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles • Syn: ↑ninepin, ↑skittle • Derivationally related forms: ↑skittle (for: ↑skittle) • …   Useful english dictionary

• Skittle — This interesting and unusual name, with variant spellings Skottle, Skittle(s) etc., derives from the Old English scyttel translating variously as a bar, bolt or shuttle, (related to the Old Scandinavian skyttel, a shuttle), and was originally… …   Surnames reference

• skittle — UK [ˈskɪt(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms skittle : singular skittle plural skittles British a wooden or plastic object shaped like a bottle, used in the game of skittles …   English dictionary