noun.
In billiards, primarily, an exhibition stroke in which the cue-ball is lifted from the table and made to jump, the cue having first been laid flat upon the table. It can be fair, but is liable to be foul (a push), and on Nov. 28, 1905, the English Billiard Association, called upon to rule it out of regular billiards, enacted equivocally that, “properly made, it is fair.” It is neither recognized nor needed in American billiards.
noun.
A horse-race across a tract of country in which ditches, hedges, and other obstacles must be jumped as they come in the way.