ALL meanings of balkline
balk·line
B b - noun balkline a line at one end of a table from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made 3
- noun balkline A line on a billiard table marking off an area in which play is restricted. 1
- noun balkline Sports. (in track events) the starting line. 1
- noun balkline Billiards. a straight line drawn across the table behind which the cue balls are placed in beginning a game. any of four lines, each near to and parallel with one side of the cushion, that divide the table into a large central panel or section and eight smaller sections or balks lying between these. a balk lying inside one of these sections. balk (def 11). 1
- noun balkline baulk line. 0