kayles

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English keyles, plural of Middle English keyle (see Dutch kegel, German Kegel, Danish kegle, and Swedish kegla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kayles (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, obsolete or dialect) The game of skittles or ninepins.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 239:
      Playing kayles, i.e. throwing a stick at ninepins, at Smithfield, 13th century.
  2. (uncountable, game theory) A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.

Alternative forms

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  • (game of skittles): kails

Noun

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kayles

  1. plural of kayle

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