What is billiards called in england?

pool, also called life pool
life pool
Life pool (also known as 3 lives Snooker) was a form of pocket billiards (pool) mainly played in the 19th century. Its rules were first recorded in 1819 simply as pool which remained its most common name among the British for about a century.
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Life pool - Wikipedia
, British billiards game in which each player uses a cue ball of a different colour and tries to pocket the ball of a particular opponent, thus taking a “life.” Players have three lives and pay into a betting pool at the start of the game. The last player with a life wins the pool.

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2023-06-26 01:01:09

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Why do americans call pool billiards?
Originally the game was called Billiards and is, of course, still referred to as such by the pros. The term billiards comes from the French. The root words are either 'billart' which is one of the sticks or 'bille,' which means ball.
2024-01-12 16:47:35

What else is billiards called?
In its original use, billiards refers to any type of cue sport, including carom billiards
carom billiards
Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless billiard tables.
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Carom billiards - Wikipedia
, pool, and snooker. On the other hand, pool specifically refers to a game played on a pool table.
2024-01-03 07:22:30

Why is it called a billiards room?
The root words are either 'billart' which is one of the sticks or 'bille,' which means ball. The sport had its beginnings way back in the 15th century in Northern Europe. The evolution to what we in America know as Pool has been long and drawn out. The sticks were initially called maces and had a rather large tip.
2023-12-07 03:54:26

What is a pool table called in england?
A table designed for the games snooker and English billiards is usually called a snooker table or a plane.
2023-05-18 22:49:01

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