candlepins

noun

1. a bowling pin that is almost cylindrical and can be set up on either end, used in a game resembling tenpins.
2. candlepins, (used with a singular verb) the game played with such pins.

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley

noun

1. a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc