![]() But this may simply be folk etymology, as the fruit bears no resemblance to a billiard ball, and there is no direct evidence for such a derivation. Some etymologists have suggested that carambola, in turn, was derived from a yellow-to-orange, tropical Asian fruit also known in Portuguese as a carambola (which was a corruption of the original name of the fruit, karambal in the Marathi language of India), also known as star fruit. It has been pegged variously as a shortening of the Spanish and Portuguese word carambola, or the French word carambole, which are used to describe the red object ball. The word carom, which simply means any strike and rebound, was in use in reference to billiards by at least 1779, sometimes spelled "carrom". There are many other carom billiards games, predominantly intermediary or offshoot games combining elements of those already listed, such as the champion's game, an intermediary game between straight rail and balkline, as well as games which are hybrids of carom billiards and pocket billiards, such as American four-ball billiards, and cowboy pool.Įnglish billiards played on a snooker table was originally called the winning and losing carambole game, folding in the names of three predecessor games, the winning game, the losing game and the carambole game (an early form of straight rail), that combined to form it. Some of the more prevalent today and historically are (chronologically by apparent date of development): straight rail, cushion caroms, balkline, three-cushion billiards and artistic billiards. There is a large array of carom billiards disciplines. The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18th-century France. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball(s) on a single shot. So, if you have played this version of billiards or have any feedback please add them to the comments section.Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole (and in some cases used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive), is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally played on cloth-covered, 1.5-by-3.0-metre (5 by 10 ft) pocketless tables, which often feature heated slate beds. I have added the video below where you can see how it’s played. For example, 3-cushion billiards demands that to score a point one must hit the cue ball into an object ball and that object ball must travel to 3 cushions of the table before striking the second object ball.įailing to strike three cushions or the second object ball results in the end of your inning.” Though I have never played this game, I have seen a YouTube video where the object is to score points instead of sinking the ball into pockets as in traditional pool. Examples of pool would be Traditional (which is the most common with six holes on the table), Snooker, and bumper pool.Īccording to Quora, the object of the game carom billiards “ are more towards moving the object balls around the table with the cue ball in a particular fashion. ![]() It’s called Carom Billiards also known as “The Pocketless Pool” as the table has no holes on the table to sink any of the balls into.Ĭarom billiards is not considered pool as pool only consists of tables that has pockets in them. I was trying to find another type of game relating to billiards, and I found this. ![]() Now, here’s a version of billiards that I just saw today (well not in person).
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