…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. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "skittle" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…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。… ※「skittle」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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