crokicurl

English

A crokicurl rink

Etymology

Blend of croki(nole) +‎ curl(ing)

Noun

crokicurl (uncountable)

1. (sports) A winter sport played on ice, that is a blend of the board game crokinole and the ice sport curling. The playing pieces, similar to curling rocks, are used in place of crokinole pieces, and the playing surface is expanded to the area of a curling rink turn circle. The objective is that of crokinole, of landing the playing piece in the central hole, while played pieces on the surface obstruct launching new rocks from the edge into the central hole.

Related terms

• crokinole
• curling