CURLING


Meaning of CURLING in English

/kerr"ling/ , n.

a game played on ice in which two teams of four players each compete in sliding large stones toward a mark in the center of a circle. Cf. house (def. 20).

[ 1610-20; perh. CURL + -ING 1 , from the motion imparted to the sliding stones ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .