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ID: 300419429
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300419429

 

Record Type: concept
pool (table game) (billiards (group of games), table games, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Game that developed as a common man's game from billiards, that was considered a gentlemen's game of skill. Pool is played with a 15 balls and a cue ball on a table with six pockets.
 
Terms:
pool (table game) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
pocket billiards (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KQ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)
.... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of physical activities
........ physical activities (G)
Hierarchy of <physical activities by specific context>
............ <physical activities by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of <public and interactive activities>
................ <public and interactive activities> (G)
Hierarchy of games
.................... games (G)
Hierarchy of table games
........................ table games (G)
Hierarchy of billiards (group of games)
............................ billiards (group of games) (G)
Hierarchy of pool (table game)
................................ pool (table game) (G)

Related concepts:
contextualized in ....  pool tables
................................  (<tables by function>, tables (support furniture), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300039756]
distinguished from ....  billiards (gentlemans' game)
..................................  (billiards (group of games), table games, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) [300419428]

Sources and Contributors:
pocket billiards............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
pool (table game)............  [VP Preferred]
................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................................  Ketchum, Toys and Games (1981)
................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

 

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