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This is a glossary of terms you hear in curling. Curling is a game played on ice with granite stones Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. ...

4

• Four foot - The 4' circle in the house

8

• Eight foot - The 8' circle in the house

B

• Back line - The line right behind the house. If stone completely crosses the back line, it is removed from play.
• Biter - A stone that barely touches one of the house rings.
• Blank end - An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored. "Blanking" is the process of making an end blank.
• Bonspiel - Scots for league match, this is the term used for a curling tournament. Compare spiel.
• Button - The center (bullseye) of the house

A bonspiel is a curling tournament. ... Scots or Lallans (Eng: Lowlands), sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic language of the Highlands, is a West Germanic language used in Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or... Spiel is an American English slang word, or Scottish English dialect word, referring to a rant or monologue, perhaps of a dishonest or misleading nature. ...

D

• Double - A particular kind of takeout shot in which two stones are removed from play.
• Draw - A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot. Also refers to a game (ie. We have a draw at 7:00 PM tonight)

E

• End - Similar to an inning in baseball. In an end, each team throws 8 rocks, 2 per player in alternating fashion.

An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth wooden stick called a bat. ...

F

• Freeze - A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to rest against a stationary stone.

G

• Guard - A shot that lands in front of the house. Guards are used so that future rocks will curl around it and be protected.

H

• Hack - Similar to a starting block in track and field, the foothold device where the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
• Hammer - A nickname for the last rock in an end.
• House - The three concentric circles where points are scored.
• Hog line - The line which the stone must completely cross to be considered in play; the other hog line indicates the line before which the thrower must let go of the rock during delivery.

Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

L

• Lead - The name given to the player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
• Lie - The count of the number of stones of one colour closest to the center of the button, closer that the innermost stone of the other colour.

M

• Mate - Name given to the player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team, also known as a third or vice skip.

P

• Pebble Small droplets of water on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface

R

• Rock - those things you slide down the ice! Also called stones.

S

• Second - The name given to the player who throws the third and fourth rocks for a team.
• Skip - The name given to the player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. This is the most experienced player on a team.
• Spiel - Scots for match, game or competition, this is the term used for a curling competition between members of the same club or community, for example parish spiel. Also used as an abreviation for Bonspiel. Compare Bonspiel.
• Steal - Scoring in an end without the hammer.

Spiel is an American English slang word, or Scottish English dialect word, referring to a rant or monologue, perhaps of a dishonest or misleading nature. ... Scots or Lallans (Eng: Lowlands), sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from the Gaelic language of the Highlands, is a West Germanic language used in Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, and border areas of the Republic of Ireland, where it is known in official circles as Ulster Scots or... A bonspiel is a curling tournament. ...

T

• Takeout - A rock that hits another rock and removes it from play.
• Tee line - The line that goes across the house, splitting it into two halves.
• Third - The name given to the player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team. See vice-skip.
• Triple - A particular kind of takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.

V

• Vice-skip - The name given to the player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team. The vice-skip also acts as the skip while the normal skip throws the last two rocks.

W

• Weight - The amount of speed given to a rock; more weight travels faster, less weight travels slower.

External links

• Curlingbasics.com - A website featuring glossary along with associated animation
• Anchorage curling club's terminology lists