SAY WHAT?

Many of the terms used in the early days of curling have disappeared from the game’s lexicon. Here are a few that used to be quite common in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Term	Meaning
Break an egg on	To strike one stone very gently with another
Brough	The House
Chuckle to	To rub off the inside of two or more guards en route to another stone.
Director	The Skip
Hindhand	The player who throws the last rock on his team, usually the skip
Lie in the bosom of	To freeze to another rock
Redd the ice	to clear guards from the front of the rings