Candlepins

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Candlepin \Can`dle*pin`\, n. (Tenpins)
        (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like
            a candle.
        (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form
            {candlepins}, used as a singular.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.] candlepower



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  candlepins
       n : a bowling game using slender bowling pins [syn: {candlepin
           bowling}]