cushion carom

noun

variants or less commonly cushion shot

1

: a billiard carom in which the cue ball goes to a cushion before touching the second object ball

2

cushion caroms plural but singular in construction : any of the billiard games in which one or more cushions must be touched before completion of a carom

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