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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Carambole as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
The term carambole has numerous definitions in relation to cue sports. The first definition of carambole is a reference to the red ball in carom games. The second definition of camarbole is the general reference to the general discipline of carom billiard and carom billiard games. Carambole is also an alternate name for straight rail billiards, which is another billiard game. The term carambole may also refer to a simple carom.
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The carambole definition was entered on 1/4/2008 7:10:12 PM and was updated on 1/4/2008 7:10:12 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to cue sport game names. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor.the term Carambole has some origin and/or history information on file. In reference to the red ball, carambole was derived from the karambal; the orange asian fruit. The initial name of the fruit, karambal, was originated in the Marathi language of India, but in a corruption of language, the English translation was carambola. See also: carom, carambola, cannon, carambole billiards for more on the meaning of carambole.
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