n. 1 a game played on an oblong cloth-covered table, with three balls struck with cues into pockets round the edge of the table. 2 (billiard) (in comb.) used in billiards (billiard-ball; billiard-table).
[ orig. pl., f. F billard billiards, cue, dimin. of bille log: see BILLET(2) ]