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balkline

balkline is the alternative form of baulk line.

Meaning of baulk line

Noun

baulk line (plural baulk lines)

  1. (UK) The line at the baulk end of a snooker table, upon which the green, yellow and brown balls are initially placed.
    Synonyms:
    string, string line
  2. Any of a number of similar lines in certain carom billiards games.

Forms of balkline

pluralbalklines

Origin of balkline

From balk + line.

Questions about balkline

What is balkline the alternative form of?
Balkline is the alternative form of baulk line.

Words near balkline in the dictionary

  1. balkiness
  2. balking
  3. balkingly
  4. balkings
  5. balkish
  6. balkline
  7. balklines
  8. Balko
  9. Balkos
  10. balks
  11. Balkwill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balkline (page history and authors); baulk line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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