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Most basic form of carom billiards
Straight rail, also called straight billiards, three-ball billiards, or the free game, is a discipline of carom billiards that is the most basic form
Straight_rail
Billiards games played on cloth-covered pocketless tables
historically are (chronologically by apparent date of development): straight rail, one-cushion, balkline, three-cushion and artistic billiards. Carom
Carom_billiards
Table games using cues and billiard balls
on tables without pockets, typically ten feet in length, including straight rail, balkline, one-cushion carom, three-cushion billiards, artistic billiards
Cue_sports
Chair to move people up and down stairs
private dwellings with straight stairs and have a straight rail (track) which is attached to the steps of the staircase. Straight-rail stair lifts can usually
Stair_lift
Discipline of carom billiards
less tedious for spectators than the precursor game, straight rail. The top players of straight rail became so skillful that they would score a seemingly
Balkline
Topics referred to by the same term
road, route, trail, path or pathway, including long-distance paths a straight rail or track on a machine tool (such as that on the bed of a lathe) on which
Way
Form of carom billiards
which in turn developed from straight rail billiards for the same reason that balkline also arose from straight rail. Such new developments made the
Three-cushion_billiards
single horseshoe-shaped fife rail surround the base of the mast on the fore, starboard, and port sides, a single straight rail directly before or directly
Fife_rail
Discipline of carom billiards
to the game straight rail, in which points are scored by a simple carom off both object balls with no cushion requirement. Straight rail fell into disfavor
One-cushion_billiards
Vehicle designed for auto racing
maximum adjustability in mind. Other asphalt late models use a perimeter rail (symmetrical) chassis, similar to a production car, where there is equal
Late_model
Japanese billiards player (1913–1995)
In exhibition she was noted for running 10,000 points at the game of straight rail. After marrying a U.S. Army non-commissioned officer in 1950, Katsura
Masako_Katsura
full hit. straight eight Also straight eight-ball. Same as bar pool. Not to be confused with the games of straight pool or straight rail. straight up To play
Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms
Snooker tournament
Theatre, the venue for the Snooker World Championship. The format is a straight knockout with the quarter-finals and semi-finals being the best of 11 frames
Snooker_900
Family of cue sports
billiards game in the mid-19th century until dethroned by the carom game straight rail. American four-ball tournaments tried switching to carom tables in the
Pool_(cue_sports)
Artillery rocket
stabilise the rocket, and was stabilised from launch by a unique "spin-on-straight-rail" system. The XM51 Little John was delivered to the field in November
MGR-3_Little_John
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
The BMW N57 is a family of aluminium, turbocharged straight-6 common rail diesel engines. The engines utilize variable geometry turbochargers and Bosch
BMW_N57
Device used to slow or stop a moving object by generating eddy currents
geometries: In a linear eddy current brake, the conductive piece is a straight rail or track that the magnet moves along. In a circular, disk or rotary
Eddy_current_brake
The men's Straight rail (as partie libre) singles tournament at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan took place from 2 October to 4 October at Dongju College
Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's straight rail singles
Cue_sports_at_the_2002_Asian_Games_–_Men's_straight_rail_singles
American carom billiards player
intermediary game between straight rail|straight rail and balkine. In 1889, Adams broke the world record run for successive straight rail points in a match with
Yank_Adams
Six-red snooker Snooker plus Snooker Shoot Out Tenball Carom billiards Straight rail Balkline One-cushion carom Three-cushion billiards Five-pins Boccette
List_of_sports
Passenger railway station in Riyak, Lebanon
the repair complex is noted to have two rail lines: the “Straight Rail” and the “Curved Rail”. The “Straight Rail” connects the station to Beirut and to
Riyak_railway_station
1992 film by Barnet Kellman
Straight Talk is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Barnet Kellman, and starring Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, and Michael Madsen
Straight_Talk
American classical composer (1851–1901)
Amateur Championship of Missouri four straight times. He posted high runs during competition of 336 at straight rail; 54 at cushion caroms, and 14 at three
Wayman_C._McCreery
Terms used in drinking culture and bartending
terms are used in bartending. Look up straight up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In bartending, the terms "straight up" and "up" ordinarily refer to an
Bartending_terminology
Argentinian carom billiards player
Carrera was a five time carom billiards world champion. He won the straight rail world championship in 1950 and 1953, the 47.2 balkline world championship
Pedro_Leopoldo_Carrera
British tilting electric passenger train
British Rail's Class 370 tilting trains, also referred to as APT-P (meaning Advanced Passenger Train Prototype), were the pre-production Advanced Passenger
British_Rail_Class_370
Bounded table on which cue sports are played
needed] Pocketless carom billiards tables are used for such games as straight rail, balkline, one-cushion billiards, three-cushion caroms, and artistic
Billiard_table
Crash of trains on parallel tracks in Córdoba, Spain
of Córdoba, Spain. The derailment occurred on a straight section of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line that was last refurbished in May 2025. A second
2026_Adamuz_rail_disaster
4th Fri 5th Sat 6th Sun 7th Mon 8th Tue Three-cushion singles P ¼ ½ F Straight rail singles P ¼ ½ F English billiards singles P ¼ ½ F English billiards
Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games
Cue_sports_at_the_2002_Asian_Games
Mechanism to transfer rail vehicles from one track to another
looseness by thinning a short section of the rail's bottom itself. Turnouts were originally built with straight switch blades, which ended at the pointed
Railroad_switch
Rail infrastructure
welded rail when necessary, typically to accommodate signal-circuit gaps. Instead of a joint that passes straight across the rail, the two rail ends are
Railway_track
Part of the Delhi-Kolkata high-speed rail network
relatively straight with minimal degrees of curves. High-speed rail in India List of high-speed railway lines in India Varanasi–Howrah high-speed rail corridor
Delhi–Varanasi high-speed rail corridor
Delhi–Varanasi_high-speed_rail_corridor
Wizard", was a professional carom billiards player, especially of the straight rail and balkline games, and was posthumously inducted into the Billiard
Jacob_Schaefer_Sr.
world championship titles in the disciplines three-cushion billiards, straight rail and balkline 47.1. He dominated the carom scene during the upcoming
Edmond_Soussa
Rapid transit system in Kochi, India
system in the country which connects rail, road and water transport facilities. It is also the first metro rail system in India to be operated using the
Kochi_Metro
Type of billiards game
winning game, the losing game and the carambole game (an early form of straight rail) – and dates to approximately 1800 in England.[page needed] There are
Cowboy_pool
Type of railroad maintenance vehicle
informally simply a tamper, is a self-propelled, rail-mounted machine used to position very precisely the track (rail and connected sleepers), by means of a lifting
Tamping_machine
Type of attachment rail on firearms
dovetail rail usually refer to any straight mounting bracket with an inverted trapezoid (dovetail) cross-section (though the hexagonal-profiled Weaver rail and
Dovetail_rail
playing of the Honour Division in straight rail, four years later in all six disciplines of carom billiards: straight rail, balkline (47/2, 47/1 and 71/2)
Eddy_Leppens
High-speed rail in China The high-speed rail (HSR, Chinese: 高铁; pinyin: Gāotiě) network in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is almost entirely owned
High-speed_rail_in_China
American journalist
Massachusetts. Poirier graduated from Cornell University, where he played straight rail billiards. Over the course of his lifetime, Poirier wrote for the Pottstown
Normand_Poirier
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
Ford Motor Company produced straight-six engines from 1906 until 1908 and from 1941 until 2016. In 1906, the first Ford straight-six was introduced in the
Ford_straight-six_engine
Railway line in India
Intercity Express. This direct line connects the two cities, forming a straight rail link from Bengaluru to Mangaluru with no reversals. Previously, there
Hassan–Bangalore_section
American professional carom billiards champion (1887 – 1959)
long-standing high runs, including scoring 2,000 contiguous points in straight rail, 622 points in 18.2 balkline, and a run of 25 points in three-cushion
Willie_Hoppe
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Jacob Schaefer Sr. (1855–1910), "the Wizard", professional straight rail and balkline billiards player Jacob Schaefer Jr. (1894–1975), professional
Jacob_Schaefer
Fastest rail-based transport systems
High-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using
High-speed_rail
Racetrack
The pro stocks at Seekonk Speedway run either a tube frame chassis or straight rail chassis on 10-inch American Racer racing slicks. The engines are 358
Seekonk_Speedway
Cross sectional shape of a railway rail
The rail profile is the cross-sectional shape of a rail as installed on a railway or railroad, perpendicular to its length. Early rails were made of wood
Rail_profile
Railway network across the Baltic states
Rail Baltica is an under-construction rail infrastructure project that is intended to integrate the Baltic states in the European rail network. The project
Rail_Baltica
Passenger rail transport from airport to nearby city
An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport between an airport and a nearby city. Direct links operate straight from the airport
Airport_rail_link
Topics referred to by the same term
may refer to: Edward W. Gardner (1867–1932), American balkline and straight rail billiards champion Edward Joseph Gardner (1898–1950), U.S. Representative
Edward_Gardner
Method of providing electric power to a railway train
A third rail, also known as a conductor rail, electric rail, live rail, or power rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive
Third_rail
motion. Gate flare: Like a gate vault, but with the legs perfectly straight. Rail flip: Two hands are placed on top of the obstacle and a front handspring
Vault_(urban_movement)
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
parallel to a short, straight section of rail between two curves incorporates a number of features. Parallel to where the rail straightens is a steeply
Main_Range_Railway
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
Group M47R are straight-4 Diesel engines. Variants were manufactured by BMW from 1998 to 2007. BMW gradually adopted high-pressure common rail fuel injection
BMW_M47
three-ball billiards came into vogue, he won the world championship at straight rail in 1875, and three years later, the first Championship of America at
Cyrille_Dion
Cue sport
Straight pool, also called 14.1 continuous, is a cue sport in which two competing players attempt to pocket as many object balls as possible without playing
Straight_pool
Village in Kent, England
Bonnington. The parish is bounded to the north by the M20 motorway and the straight rail links that include High Speed 1. To the south, it drops to the Romney
Aldington,_Kent
Railway with a single rail or beam
A monorail is a form of urban rail transit in which trains run on or are suspended from a single rail or beam. Monorails typically provide intermediate
Monorail
Local Flexibility Demonstration Act; State and Local Transferability Act; Straight A's Act; Strong Character for Strong Schools Act; Student Education Enrichment
List of acts of the 107th United States Congress
List_of_acts_of_the_107th_United_States_Congress
High-capacity public transport
Rapid transit, mass rapid transit (MRT) or rail rapid transit (RRT) and commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that
Rapid_transit
Mechanical device for guiding objects
power tool, such as a straight, swivel or angle jig for a circular saw, and can also be referred to as a fence. The guide rail system provides an acute
Guide_rail
Railway station in Indonesia
Line 2 is fully used as a straight rail for the direction of Cikampek-Jakarta, while line 3 is fully used as a straight rail for the direction of Tegal
Cirebon_railway_station
Archaeological culture
Lchashen chariots are particularly significant. Both of them had a straight railed, small box which could carry two to three people. Their complex spoked
Karasuk_culture
Type of system for attaching accessories and devices to firearms
mounting firearm accessories via bar-like straight brackets (i.e. "rails") often with regularly spaced slots. Rail systems are usually made of strips of metal
Rail_integration_system
High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent
High-speed_rail_in_Europe
Experimental jet-powered railcar
B-36 Peacemaker intercontinental bomber, were mounted atop an existing Budd Rail Diesel Car, an RDC-3 of coach and baggage-mail configuration which had received
M-497_Black_Beetle
Swedish executive sedan
Late 2001 introduced the 120 kW (163 PS; 161 bhp) five-cylinder common rail diesel D5, detuned to 96 kW (131 PS; 129 bhp) and sold as 2.4D in some markets
Volvo_S80
Rapid transit system in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2016, the first underground metro in South India as well. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), a joint venture of the Government of India and
Namma_Metro
Post office in Sydney, Australia
painted square timber posts with turned tops, square balusters and straight rail. Treads are timber with some vinyl flooring and edge strips. Walls to
Paddington_Post_Office
American inventor, chemist, electrical engineer, and entrepreneur
and over time damaged the game equipment. In 1892, the aforementioned straight rail billiards pro William Spinks was particularly impressed by a piece of
William_Hoskins_(inventor)
Railway station in Victoria, Australia
Birregurra. In July 2008, the loop siding was removed, leaving the station straight-railed. Winchelsea has one platform. It is served by V/Line Warrnambool line
Winchelsea railway station, Victoria
Winchelsea_railway_station,_Victoria
German carom billiards player
ignored the typical entry into the game of carom billiards, starting with straight rail, and played three-cushion from the beginning on. Rudolph still lives
Christian Rudolph (billiards player)
Christian_Rudolph_(billiards_player)
Japanese sports entertainment game show
width and sharper turns until it became a rail. The following Rail Coaster versions featured a straight rail with drops, humps, seesaws, and slight curves
Kasso_(TV_series)
Church in England
parapet above the belfry is a curvilinear open structure topped by a straight rail, and joins, at each corner, crocketed pinnacles attached to the spire
St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe
St_Vincent's_Church,_Caythorpe
Most populous city in the United States
commuter rail network is the largest in North America. The rail network, connecting New York City to its suburbs, consists of the Long Island Rail Road,
New_York_City
Class of British railway coach
The British Rail Mark 5A is a type of railway vehicle in use in the UK. 52 standard carriages and 14 driving trailers were built by Spanish manufacturer
British_Rail_Mark_5A
American singer and actress (born 1969)
Lopez. In Latin Sensations (2001), Herón Marquez wrote: "Because she wasn't rail thin, Lopez had broken the mold ... Suddenly, it was okay for women to have
Jennifer_Lopez
high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds
List of high-speed railway lines
List_of_high-speed_railway_lines
Video game character
(Chinese: 卡芙卡; pinyin: Kǎfúkǎ) is a character in the video game Honkai: Star Rail, developed by miHoYo. She is a member of the in-game fictional organization
Kafka_(Honkai:_Star_Rail)
Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games Three-cushion singles Straight rail singles English billiards singles doubles Eight-ball singles Nine-ball singles
Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's nine-ball singles
Cue_sports_at_the_2002_Asian_Games_–_Men's_nine-ball_singles
Type of railroad rail
In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels
Guard_rail_(rail_transport)
Class of diesel electric locomotives
The British Rail Class 59 is a fleet of Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives built between 1985 and 1995 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
British_Rail_Class_59
Railway station in Victoria, Australia
and was replaced with a straight section of track. This effectively left Terang straight-railed. As part of the Regional Rail Revival project, a passing
Terang_railway_station
Tool used to remove small amounts of hard material
to lessen the effects of heat and friction. A rail nipper is used in rail transport modelling to cut rail tracks. Tin snips Pliers Electrical wire cutting
Nipper_(tool)
Billiards tournament
de Billard" (FIB) and a "double" European Championships were held in straight rail, balkline, and three-cushion in 1957. The following year, the disputes
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
CEB_European_Three-cushion_Championship
Car engine
The BMW B57 is a turbo-diesel straight-six engine, produced by BMW since 2015. The B57 belongs to a family of modular engines, including the B37 and B47
BMW_B57
Railway station in South Australia
Australia. It is 824 kilometres (512 miles) by rail from Port Augusta, 863 kilometres (536 miles) by rail from Kalgoorlie, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi)
Cook,_South_Australia
Belgian billiard player (born 1937)
1979, 1984 (6) UMB World Balkline 47/1 Championship: 1976 UMB World Straight rail Championship: 1969 UMB World Pentathlon Championship: 1965, 1972, 1974
Raymond_Ceulemans
Piston engine with nine cylinders in a straight configuration
The straight-nine engine (also referred to as an inline-nine engine, abbreviated as I9 or L9) is a piston engine with nine cylinders arranged in a straight
Straight-nine_engine
family F – Normal cylinder head DOHC T – Turbocharged V – D-4D diesel common rail direct injection The use of "G" to denote twin cam engines was decided on
List_of_Toyota_engines
Form of cable railway
both tracks to be perfectly straight, eliminating the need for sheaves to keep the cable in place. Examples of four-rail funiculars are the Duquesne Incline
Funicular
Means by which a person dies by suicide
dangerous situation. Rail suicide or suicide by train is deliberate self-harm resulting in death by means of impact from a moving rail vehicle. The suicide
Suicide_methods
Chassis for wheels and suspension under vehicles
serve a number of purposes: supporting the body of the rail vehicle running stably on both straight and curved tracks improving ride quality by absorbing
Bogie
Video game protagonist
(星; Xīng; 'star'), is the main protagonist of the video game Honkai: Star Rail, developed by miHoYo. In the game, the Trailblazer is part of an interstellar
Trailblazer (Honkai: Star Rail)
Trailblazer_(Honkai:_Star_Rail)
February 2017. David Turner (23 March 2011). "Turnip Rail: Let's get this straight, by the 1990s British Rail was very efficient!". turniprail.blogspot.com.
Impact of the privatisation of British Rail
Impact_of_the_privatisation_of_British_Rail
rules for a number of carom billiards games, including three-cushion, straight rail and five-pins. While there are, of course, locally popular games of
Comparison_of_cue_sports
Country in East Asia
(TRA) operating a circular route around the island and Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) running high speed services on the west coast. Urban transit systems
Taiwan
Three-dimensional geometry of track layouts and associated measurements
the rails as the reference rail. For example, North America uses the reference rail as the line rail which is the east rail of tangent track running north
Track_geometry
Country in Southern and Western Europe
operate on high-speed regional lines at a maximum 200 km/h. Italy has 11 rail border crossings over the Alpine mountains with neighbouring countries. Italy
Italy
STRAIGHT RAIL
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Surridge 1.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Straight, Honest
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Powerful; Straight
Girl/Female
Muslim
Straight, Pertinent
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Straight Forward
Boy/Male
Hindu
Clear, Straight
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Straight
Boy/Male
Tamil
Straight, Erected
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Straight; Pertinent
Boy/Male
Muslim
Straight
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Straight
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Straight.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Straight; Honest
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Straight
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Straight Forward
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Straight
Girl/Female
Arabic
Straight Path
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Straight; Honest; Simple; Straight Forward
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English streʒt ‘straight’, ‘upright’, presumably applied in either a literal or a figurative sense.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Straight road
STRAIGHT RAIL
STRAIGHT RAIL
Girl/Female
Arabic
Tall; Pretty
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Flower
Girl/Female
Muslim
Smart, Clever
Girl/Female
Tamil
Drishya | தà¯à®°à®¿à®·à¯à®¯
Sight
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Morning; Beautiful; Sweet; Brilliant
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Most Popular; Lotus; Born from Water
Female
Russian
(Ðннушка) Diminutive form of Russian Anya, ANNUSHKA means "favor; grace."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Sight
Female
Polish
Polish feminine form of Roman Latin Jove, JOWITA means "god."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Child, An ever year old girl, A young girl
STRAIGHT RAIL
STRAIGHT RAIL
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STRAIGHT RAIL
STRAIGHT RAIL
a.
A variant of Strait, a.
superl.
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
superl.
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
a., n., & adv.
See 2nd Strait.
v. t.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
n.
A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
v. t.
To stretch; to make straight.
a.
A variant of Straight.
v. t.
To straighten.
superl.
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
a.
Having straight joints.
imp. & p. p.
of Straighten
superl.
Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
adv.
A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
v. t.
To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
a.
Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
a.
Having straight lines.
superl.
Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
superl.
Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.