Kegel

Japanese: Kegel
Kegel

…Instead of playing outdoors, a wooden lane is laid indoors, a row of pins shaped like a horseshoe is lined up, and a wooden ball is rolled along it. It is called skittle in England, Kegel in the Netherlands and Germany, and quilles in France. It was brought to the American continent by Dutch immigrants in 1626, and spread to various places from New York, where it landed, but it began to be used for gambling in saloons, and in 1841, prohibition laws were passed in various states, starting with Connecticut. …

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Japanese:

…従来の戸外にかわって屋内に板張りレーンを敷き,トックリ型のピンを並べ木製ボールをころがす。イギリスではスキットルskittle,オランダ,ドイツでケーゲルKegel,フランスでキレquillesと名付けられている。1626年,オランダ移民によってアメリカ大陸へ持ち込まれ,上陸地点のニューヨークを中心に各地へ広まったが,酒場内で賭博の対象にされ始め,1841年コネティカット州を皮切りに各州で禁止法が成立した。…

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