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bury a rock in the corner [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

A manoeuvre by which a player places a delivered rock behind another, on its side and in an angle, so that it becomes difficult to take out the two with one delivered rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Manœuvre qui consiste pour un joueur à placer sa pierre derrière une autre, de biais et de côté par rapport à elle, dans l'espoir de la protéger et de rendre difficile toute tentative de sortie des deux pierres avec un même lancer.

Spanish

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