kayles
nounEtymology From Middle English keyles, plural of Middle English keyle (see Dutch kegel, German Kegel, Danish kegle, and Swedish kegla).
- Playing kayles, i.e. throwing a stick at ninepins, at Smithfield, 13th century.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 239:
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Computing, Engineering, Game theory, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.