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baulk line

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noun

  1. Also called: string line.  a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game

    1. one of four lines parallel to the cushions dividing the table into a central panel and eight smaller ones (the baulks)

    2. a type of game using these lines as restrictions

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The baulk line and the D are marked either with chalk, tailors’ pipeclay, or an ordinary lead pencil; no other marks appear on the table.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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