| BACK LINE |
The line behind the house. Once crossed a stone is out of play |
| BITER |
A stone barely touching the 12-foot ring |
| BLANK END |
An end in which neither team has a stone in the house |
| BONSPIEL |
A curling tournament |
| BURNT STONE |
A stone touched while in motion |
| BUTTON |
The smallest ring in the house. It is two feet in diameter, also called the "potlid" |
| DELIVERY |
The process of throwing a stone |
| CENTRE LINE |
The line that runs down the middle of the sheet from hack to hack |
| DRAW |
A stone that comes to rest within the house |
| ECF |
European Curling Federation |
| EIGHT ENDER |
An end where all eight stones of one team are better than the opposition's closest |
| END |
When sixteen stones have come to rest. Similar to an inning in baseball |
| EXTRA END |
The deciding end played when the score is level after all scheduled ends have been played |
| FREEZE |
A stone coming to rest touching another stone |
| FREE GUARD ZONE |
The area between the hog line and the tee line excluding the house |
| FREE GUARD ZONE RULE |
The rule that states that an opponent’s stone in the Free Guard Zone cannot be removed from play until after the first four stones have been played |
| GUARD |
A shot that comes to rest in front of another stone for protection |
| HACK |
The pieces of rubber you push off from at either end of the sheet |
| HAMMER |
The last shot of the end |
| HOGGED |
A shot that comes to rest short or on the hog line and is removed from play |
| HOG LINE |
The line 10,06 meter (33 feet) from the hack |
| HOUSE |
The target area 12 feet in diameter |
| HURRY! |
To sweep immediately and hard |
| IN-TURN |
A stone that rotates clockwise for a right handed player |
| LEAD |
Player of a team who plays the first two stones for his team in an end |
| OUT-TURN |
A stone that rotates counter clock-wise for a right-handed player |
| PEBBLE |
The frozen bumps on the ice that the stones ride on |
| PEEL |
A hard takeout designed to remove guards |
| PORT |
A space between two lying stones, large enough for another one to pass through |
| RAISE |
Promotion; to move a lying stone further |
| RCCC |
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (Scotland) - the mother club of curling |
| RINK |
The building where curling takes place or
A curling team or
The sheet of ice on which a curling game is played |
| ROCK |
The alternative (North American) term for a stone |
| SECOND |
Player who plays his two stones second for his team |
| SHEET |
The total playing area for one game |
| SHOT |
A played stone or
The word used to indicate a point won at the end of an end (shot rock) |
| SKIP |
The captain of the team, usually (but not necessarily) plays last two stones of a team in an end |
| SPINNER |
A stone thrown with excessive spin |
| STEAL |
Scoring a point without last stone advantage |
| TAKE-OUT |
A stone thrown hard enough to remove another stone from play. Also called a "HIT" |
| TEE |
The cross in the centre of the house |
| TEE LINE |
The line that intersects the house at the centreline |
| THE "TOSS" |
The toss of the coin to determine last rock in the first end |
| THIRD |
Player who plays his two stones third; often Vice-Skip of the team |
| WCF |
World Curling Federation |
| WCT |
World Curling Tour |
| WCT-E |
World Curling Tour - Europe |
| WEIGHT |
The momentum applied to a stone for distance |
| "Hit the broom" |
A rock thrown accurately at the aiming point |
| "On the broom" |
Same as above |
| "Lost its handle" |
A rock that loses its rotation |
| "Nice rock" |
Good shot |
| "Nice Toss" |
Same as above |
| Tee weight |
A rock thrown hard enough to stop on the Tee Line |
| Back ring weight |
A rock thrown hard enough to stop in the back of the house |
| Draw the "lid" |
Draw to the button |
| Draw the "pin" |
Same as above |
| "Fudge" |
The rock hits the heavily slid area in the house and stops quickly |
| Hack weight |
A rock thrown hard enough to stop near the hack |
| Normal hit |
A rock thrown hard enough to remove another rock from play |
| Heavy hit |
A rock thrown hard enough to forcefully remove a rock from play |
| "Split'em" |
Hitting a rock at such an angle as to split them apart |
| "You dumped it" |
A rock thrown inside the line of delivery, usually at the point of release |
| "You flipped it" |
A rock thrown outside the line of delivery, usually at the point of relea |
| "Take the rock" |
Sweep closest to the rock |
| "The rock picked" |
The moving rock picked up a piece of debris that altered its course |
| Weld |
A perfect freeze |
