Tivoli board

Tivoli board
Tivoli Tiv"o*li, n. [Prob. fr. Tivoli in Italy, a pleasure resort not far from Rome.] A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (

{Tivoli board} or {Tivoli table}), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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