Curling

Curling

Terms of or pertaining to the sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings.

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buried

Sports; Curling

A rock that is hidden behind another rock, usually a guard, making it difficult for a curler to hit with a delivered rock.

covered

Sports; Curling

A rock that is hidden behind another rock, usually a guard, making it difficult for a curler to hit with a delivered rock.

thick / thin

Sports; Curling

The degree of contact between two rocks; the thicker the hit, the more contact between the stones; a hit with a small amount of contact is thin.

extra end

Sports; Curling

Equivalent to an extra inning in baseball; in the event of a tie after the prescribed number of ends, extra ends are played until the tie is broken.

control weight

Sports; Curling

A takeout shot that is slow enough that the sweepers have relative control over its curl; faster than board weight, but slower than normal takeout weight.

centre line

Sports; Curling

A line running lengthwise down the centre of the ice, used as a visual aid; some sheets do not have a centre line, or do not have one between the hog lines.

double takeout / double

Sports; Curling

A takeout shot in which two other stones are removed from play; a shot in which the delivered stone and one other stone are removed is not a double takeout.