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单词 skiddles
释义

skiddles

English

Etymology

Blend of skid + skittles?

Noun

skiddles (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
    • 1934, Arthur H. Lawson, Homemade Games: How to Make and Play Indoor and Outdoor Games (page 83)
      Probably you'd prefer playing Skiddles in such a way that there is a possibility of winning the game, or at least ending it! If that is so you'll have to change the real rules a little.
  2. Alternative form of skittles
    • 1935, The Camping Magazine (volumes 7-8, page 24)
      If there is a need or desire for more games or play equipment in the camp, here is the book that tells how the campers can make them — table tennis, shuffleboard, paddle tennis, box hockey, skiddles, dart baseball, exo, and scores of others
    • 1997, Michael McKenzie, Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs
      Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.
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