...The prevailing theory is that it was improved as an indoor game during the time of Charles IX of France in the 16th century, but in any case, the original form of billiards is said to have been an outdoor sport in which players rolled stones placed on the ground with a curved stick called a mace, one end of which was placed on the shoulder and the other end of which was held in hand, and it is generally believed that billiards was invented to be played indoors based on this. Later, in England, pocket billiards, a game with pockets on the table through which the balls could fall, was developed, while in continental Europe, mainly in France, carom billiards, a game with a pocketless table, was studied and spread. The invention and improvement of new equipment played a major role in the progress of billiards. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "pocket billiards" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…16世紀フランスのシャルル9世のころ室内ゲームとして改良されたという説が有力だが,いずれにしても,ビリヤードの原型は,一端を肩にのせ,他の一端を握ってメースという先の曲がった棒で,地上に置いた石を突きころがした戸外スポーツであったといわれ,これをもとにして室内で行えるように考案したというのが定説となっている。その後,イギリスではテーブルにボールの落ちる穴であるポケットをつけたポケットゲームpocket billiardsが発達し,一方フランスを中心とするヨーロッパ大陸においては,ポケットのないテーブルでのキャロムゲームcarom billiardsが研究され,広まっていった。 ビリヤードの進歩には新しい器具の発明と改良が大きな役割を果たした。… ※「pocket billiards」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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