Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ninepins"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ninepins \Nine"pins\, n. pl.
A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end,
at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.
Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game,
which is therefore often called tenpins.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ninepins
n : bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
{skittles}]
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