Wiktionary
n. A type of bowling popular in New England.
WordNet
n. a bowling game using slender bowling pins [syn: candlepins]
Wikipedia
Candlepin bowling is a variation of bowling that is played primarily in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the New England states of the United States. There is also a set of lanes in the Wyoming, Ohio, civic center, and a center in Fostoria, Ohio, has candlepin lanes. Additionally, there is a ninepin bowling "club" in Bulverde, Texas, which uses candlepins on two of their lanes, although these lanes are not actually set up for Candlepin Bowling, as the club's primary interest is 9-pin bowling.
Usage examples of "candlepin bowling".
They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off, a few ancient pinball machines, a juke featuring the greatest hits of I957, three Brunswick pool tables, and a Coke-and-chips counter where you also rent bowling shoes that look like they might have just come off the feet of dead winos.