WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
balk•line
(bôk′līn′),USA pronunciation n.
- Sport(in track events) the starting line.
- Games[Billiards.]
- Gamesa straight line drawn across the table behind which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game.
- Gamesany of four lines, each near to and parallel with one side of the cushion, that divide the table into a large central panel or section and eight smaller sections or balks lying between these.
- Gamesa balk lying inside one of these sections.
- Gamesbalk (def. 11).
- balk + line1 1830–40
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