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Pool and Billiards.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2022-05-01, S. 3
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Pool and billiards are part of the family of games known as "cue sports," which involve using a tapered stick called a "cue" to strike balls on a table. Pool is the most common cue sport, and it evolved from billiards, which developed in Europe sometime during the fifteenth century. Sports historians believe that billiards was originally an outdoor game, played on short grass. The green felt used on modern pool tables was chosen to represent the green grass originally used as a playing surface. The name "billiards" may have developed from the French word bille, meaning "marble" or "ball."
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Pool and Billiards.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Issitt, Micah |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2022-05-01, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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