bricole
/brɪˈkoʊl/
noun
- A medieval military engine used for throwing stones or other projectiles; a type of catapult.
- The castle defenders used a bricole to hurl rocks at the advancing army.
- The bricole could launch a stone over two hundred yards.
- Historians reconstructed a bricole based on medieval drawings.
- In billiards or croquet, a shot where the ball strikes a cushion or another ball before hitting the target ball.
- In croquet, a bricole can help you position your ball for the next wicket.
- She practiced the bricole shot until she could do it consistently.
- He won the game with a clever bricole off the side rail.
verb
- To make a bricole shot in billiards or croquet.
- The player bricoled off the cushion to avoid a foul.
- He bricoled the cue ball perfectly to sink the eight ball.
- She bricoled her croquet ball through the hoop from a difficult angle.