ninepins : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ninepins	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ninepins
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ninepins n a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins Synonym(s): ninepins, skittles
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ninepins \Nine"pins\, n. pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling. Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called tenpins.