The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 121
English form of bowlscalled Kayles, Cayles, or Keiles, acorruption of the French Quilles(cones, from the shape of the pins) still played in France under thatname. The Kayle pins were set ina row and were of various numbers.Sometimes a stick was thrown atthem instead of a ball. Kayle pinswere… … Kayles. or the game as we play it, came intofavor after the abolition of alleys inEngland. It was also known thereas Long Bowling and Dutch Rub-bers. The tenth pin is said to havebeen added to evade a law prohibit-ing the sport because it was used forgambling. There are a few ten-pin alleysin…
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