Skittles

skit′lz, n.pl. a game of ninepins in which a flattened ball or thick rounded disc is thrown to knock down the pins—played in a Skitt′le-all′ey , or -ground . In American Bowls, the game is played with ten pins arranged in the form of a triangle, the mi ile being rolled along a carefully constructed wooden floor.— v.t. Skitt′le , to knock down.—n Skitt′le-ball , the ball thrown in playing at skittles. [A variant of shittle or shuttle .]