hog score

noun

, Curling.

1. a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog score¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Hog′-score, a line drawn across the rink at a certain distance from the tees—to be cleared, else the shot does not count.

From Project Gutenberg

When a game is begun the rink cannot be changed or altered unless by the consent of a majority of players, and it can be shortened only when it is apparent that a majority cannot play the length. 2nd.—The hog score must be distant from the tee one-sixth part of the length of the rink.

From Project Gutenberg

Sweeping.—For the purpose of Sweeping, every player is furnished with a broom, by means of which the ice may sometimes be so polished that a stone may reach the tee, which, without sweeping, could not have passed the hog score.

From Project Gutenberg

Hog Score—The line drawn across the rink, about seven yards from the tee; stones which do not pass this are thrown aside.

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