n.
[F.]
(Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
2. An ancient kind of military catapult.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
