kayles

Etymology

From Middle English keyles, plural of Middle English keil (see Dutch kegel, German Kegel, Danish kegle, and Swedish kegla).

noun

  1. (uncountable, obsolete or dialect) The game of skittles or ninepins.
  2. (uncountable, game theory) A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.

noun

  1. plural of kayle

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