candlepin

2 definitions found

candlepin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Candlepin \Can`dle*pin`\, n. (Tenpins)
        (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like
            a candle.
        (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form
            candlepins, used as a singular.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.] candlepower

candlepin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  candlepin
      n 1: a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin