massé

(mă-sā')
n.
A stroke in billiards made by striking the cue ball off center with the cue held nearly vertically, so that the cue ball moves in a curve around one ball before hitting another ball.

[French, from past participle of masser, to make a massé shot, from masse, mace (an early form of billiard cue), from Old French, club. See mace¹.]

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IN BRIEF: n. - A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.

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