Skittles (sport) of them, depending upon game variant. Exact rules vary widely on a regional basis. Also known as Old English Skittles, the Greater London version uses nine pins (made of hornbeam) and a cheese. The cheese is thrown at the pins using a swinging motion whilst stepping forwards. After an initial throw, the remaining pins (the 'broken frame') may end up in a variety of formations - each of which has a distinctive (and usually London-based) name, such as a London Bridge or a Portsmouth Road. Knocking down all the pins at once is known as a 'floorer' and is highly
Five-pin billiards a position that can be labelled the "foot rail spot", 10 cm (approx. 4 in) from the . As the name implies, the game makes use of five upright pins called "skittles" in English (so-called since at least 1634), "birilli" (singular "birillo") in Italian and "quillas" in Spanish, which look like miniature bowling pins, tall, and with round, flat-bottomed bases. There are traditionally four white pins, and one red. The red pin is placed on the (the exact middle of the table both lengthwise and widthwise), and the four white pins are placed equidistant from the red in a square