Backboards
The boards behind the hack at either end of the playing area. |
Blank End
An end that is scoreless. |
Bonspiel
A curling tournament. |
Burying a Stone
Placing a shot behind a guard so no part of the rock shows from the other end. |
Button
The innermost circle surrounding the tee. The button is usually one foot in diameter. |
Center Line
A line drawn from one hack to the other, passing through the tee at both ends of the ice. |
Circles
The round scoring area, 12 feet in diameter, with concentric circles 1, 4, and 8 feet in diameter. |
Come Around
A shot that curls around a guard. |
Coming Home
Playing the final end of a game. |
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Counter
A stone that is in a scoring position. |
Curl
The rotating movement of a stone caused by turning the handle. |
Delivery
The act of throwing a rock. |
Double
Removing two stones from play with one shot. |
Draw
Although a draw is normally into the house, any rock where the speed will make it stop between hog line and back line. |
Eight-ender
An end in which a team has scored the maximum possible number of points. |
End
A division of the game. An end is complete when all sixteen rocks (eight per team) have been thrown. A club game is usually six or eight ends, or about one&ahalf to two hours long. |
Extra End
An additional end played to break a tie at the end of regulation play. |
Freeze
A draw that finishes touching or nearly touching another rock. |
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Front End
The lead and second player on a curling team. |
Guard
A rock between the hog line and the house that can be used to protect rocks in the house. |
Hack
The rubber starting block embedded in the ice from which the curler begins deliver of a stone. |
Hammer
The last rock in an end. |
Heavy
A stone that is delivered with more than the desired amount of weight or force. |
Heavy Ice
Opposite of fast or keen ice. Heavy ice requires a stone to be thrown with more than normal weight. |
Hit
A rock intended to collide with another rock. |
Hit and Roll
A takeout that removes a stone, hitting it off center and then moving to a target area. |
Hit the Broom
When a curler releases his rock directly on the skip's target broom. |
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Hog
A stone that stops short of the far hog line. |
Hog Line
A line located 21 feet from each tee. A rock must be released before the near hog line, and travel beyond the far hog line. |
House
The round scoring area, 12 feet in diameter, with concentric circles 1, 4, and 8 feet in diameter. |
Hurry
A call used by some teams to tell the sweepers to sweep quickly. |
In-turn
A rock whose handle is rotated inward toward the body. An in-turn for a right-handed curler rotates clockwise. |
Keen Ice
When little effort is required to deliver the rock. Also known as fast ice. |
Last Rock
The last rock to be thrown in an end. |
Lead
The player who delivers the rink's first two rocks of each end. |
Lie Shot
Having the stone closest to the tee. |
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