carambole

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carambole

noun caramboles

  1. archaic Archaic form of carambola (“star fruit”).

verb caramboles · caramboling · caramboled

  1. archaic To play a carom shot. If the player holes the red ball, he scores three, and upon holing his adversary's ball, he gains two; and thus it frequently happens, that seven are got upon a single stroke, by caramboling and holing both balls.

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@misc{carambole_2026,
  title = {carambole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carambole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}