pocket billiards

noun
1.
pool2 (def 1).
Origin
1910-15
Examples from the web for pocket billiards
  • Imagine that you are playing pocket billiards on a pool table that is three meters long and one meter wide.
  • Articles, parts and accessories for billiards, including pocket billiards.
British Dictionary definitions for pocket billiards

pocket billiards

noun (functioning as sing) (billiards)
1.
another name for pool2 (sense 5)
2.
any game played on a table in which the object is to pocket the balls, esp snooker and pool