ninepins

English

Noun

ninepins

1. (games) The game of skittles.
   • 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 73:

     On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins.

2. plural of ninepin