rolldown
English
Etymology
roll + down
Adjective
rolldown (not comparable)
- Capable of being rolled down.
- 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
- Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.
- 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
- (pinball) Describing an older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.
- 1948, Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)
- New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.
- 1948, Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)