Tenpins

3 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game,


           which is therefore often called {tenpins}.
           [1913 Webster]

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

  Tenpins \Ten"pins\, n.
     A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See
     {Ninepins}. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tenpins
       n : bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins [syn: {tenpin
           bowling}]