Glossary

Like any sport, curling has its own specialist terminology that can seem a bit strange at first! This section of the website will help you to learn the curling language. If there are any other terms you would like us to explain, let us know by submitting a form on the homepage, and we will add it to the glossary! Quick Links: A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z

A

Alternate

B	Backline	Blank End	Bonspiel	Broom
B	Burned Stone	Button

C

Cashspiel

D

Draw

DSC

E

End

F

Free Guard Zone

Freeze

G

Guard

H	Hack	Hammer	Heavy	Hit & Roll
H	Hog Line	House

I

In-Turn

J

K

L

Lead

M

Measuring

Mixed Doubles

N

Nutrition

O

Out-Turn

P

Page Playoffs

Pebble

Peel

Powerplay

Q

R

Raise

Roll

S	Scoring	Scoreboard	Second	Sheet
S	Shot Stone	Skip	Slider	Spirit Of Curling
S	Stopwatch	Sweeping

T

Takeout

Tee Line

Throw Through

Tick Shot

U

Umpire

V

Vice

W

Weight

Wheelchair

X

Y

Z

There’s also a quick two minute video on YouTube from Curling from the World Curling Federation that you can watch here