'Candlepin' definitions:
Definition of 'candlepin'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
Definition of 'Candlepin'
From: GCIDE
- Candlepin \Can`dle*pin`\, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] candlepower