'Tenpins' definitions:
Definition of 'tenpins'
(from WordNet)
noun
Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins [syn: tenpins, tenpin bowling]
Definition of 'Tenpins'
From: GCIDE
- Tenpins \Ten"pins\, n. A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tenpins'
From: GCIDE
- Ninepins \Nine"pins\, n. pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore often called tenpins. [1913 Webster]