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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every inch

Sports; Curling

This just means that the sweepers should be sweeping hard all the way down the ice. This is an order given by the Skip.

fill the port

Sports; Curling

This means to try and put a stone in the port, so that an opposing player can't play a stone through it. See Port

An area after the Hog Line and in front of the house where the first two players may place their stones to block a clean shot to the house. The first two players on each team are not allowed to move ...

freeze

Sports; Curling

A type of draw that ends up and stops right in front of and next to another rock, without moving it.

guard

Sports; Curling

This is a stone that is placed in front of another stone that is in the house thus preventing the opposition from hitting the stone that is in the house.

8-foot

Sports; Curling

The 8-foot-diameter (2.4 m) circle in the house. It is used as a visual aid only - there is no extra score for placing a stone within it; generally not actually painted - it appears as the empty ...

in-off

Sports; Curling

A shot where the delivered stone hits another stone near the outer edge of the sheet at an angle, making the shooter roll into the house; one of the most difficult curling shots, usually done as a ...