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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Dead Rail as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A dead rail is a cushion or cushions on a pool table that is no longer elastic. Dead rail may also refer to a cushion that may simply be coming lose from the rail. Both of these issues can cause balls to rebound with less velocity or energy than normal.
Forget it Jeff. The rail is dead, you are never going to be able to make that shot.
The term "dead rail" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The dead rail definition was entered on 1/6/2008 7:02:49 PM and was updated on 1/6/2008 7:02:49 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: cushion for more on the meaning of dead rail.
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