add. ·noun an ancient kind of military catapult.
2. bricole ·add. ·noun a shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion.
3. bricole ·noun a kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
4. bricole ·add. ·noun in court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, ·fig., indirect action or stroke.