mas·sé (m -s  )n. A stroke in billiards made by striking the cue ball off center with the cue held nearly vertically, so that the cue ball moves in a curve around one ball before hitting another ball. [French, from past participle of masser, to make a massé shot, from masse, mace (an early form of billiard cue), from Old French, club; see mace1.] |
massé, massé shot [ˈmæsɪ]
n
(Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards a stroke made by hitting the cue ball off centre with the cue held nearly vertically, esp so as to make the ball move in a curve around another ball before hitting the object ball
[from French, from masser to hit from above with a hammer, from masse sledgehammer, from Old French mace mace1]
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