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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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check

Sports; Curling

To get a stone close to another stone.

competition measure

Sports; Curling

A measuring device that is used to determine which stone is closer to the tee when the two stones are each very close.

counter

Sports; Curling

Any stone that is inside or is touching the house.

curl

Sports; Curling

The curving motion that a stone follows as it moves down the ice.

delivery

Sports; Curling

The motion that a curler uses to deliver the stone to the house.

double take-out

Sports; Curling

When one stone is able to knock two opponents stones out of the house.

end

Sports; Curling

An end is complete when all 16 stones, eight per team, two per person, have been shot. It is at the conclusion of each end that the score is added up. A game is made up of 10 ends.

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