jack-ball en · NOUN
Meanings
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A ball used in boules.
Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jack-balls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
it pallino (ball used in boules) · ca bolig (ball used in boules) · de Sau (ball used in boules) · de Schweinchen (ball used in boules) · ca petit (ball used in boules) · it boccino (ball used in boules) · de Zielkugel (ball used in boules) · mi hai (ball used in boules) · es boliche (ball used in boules) · fr cochonnet (ball used in boules) · es balín (ball used in boules)