Clips – Cow-hocked
Clips
Thin plates of iron, variously coloured, and set upon the hoops which the respective balls were due to pass. They were thought at one time to increase the forgetfulness of players and abandoned, but are now generally employed.
Chipping
Striking a stone, of which only a small part can be seen upon the exposed portion.
Especially in the phrase "Chipping the winner."
Chuckle
To pass through a narrow opening between two stones, and then by a series of wicks from other stones, to reach the destination.
Coal score. [See HOG-SCORE.]
Cockee
See TEE.]
Coiting
The earlier form of curling when the stones were without handles, and more nearly resembled "quoits," from which the word is probably derived. The term is still used for curling in Ayrshire. Also spelt Kuting.
Coll or Colly.- [See HoG-SCORE.]
Core
Old term for Rink (2) (q.v.)
Cowe or Kowe
- A besom made of broom twigs, with which the ice is swept in front of an advancing stone if it appears to be going too slowly.
Crampit
Originally a plate of iron shod with nails, fastened to the boot-sole, now a plate fastened in the ice, upon which each player has to take up his position before delivering the stones.
Cat Foot
A short, round foot, with high and well-developed knuckles.
Chest
The whole body of the dog from the brisket to the belly.
Couplings
The length between the tops of the shoulder blades and the tops of the hip-joints.
Cow-hocked
Having the hock-joints (q.v.) turning inward as a cow's, and almost touching.