/bri kohl", brik"euhl/ , n.
1. Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
2. an indirect action or unexpected stroke.
[ 1515-25; earlier, rebound off a court wall (in tennis), catapult briccola, prob., with suffix substitution, brihhil- that which breaks; cf. MHG brechel-, deriv. of brechen to BREAK ]