TENPIN


Meaning of TENPIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈten-ˌpin ]

noun

Date: 1807

1. : a bottle-shaped bowling pin 15 inches high

2. plural but singular in construction : a bowling game using 10 tenpins and a large ball 27 inches in circumference and allowing each player to bowl 2 balls in each of 10 frames

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.