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- Back 4
- The portion of the 4 foot ring behind the tee line
- Back 8
- The portion of the 8 foot ring behind the tee line
- Back 12
- The portion of the 12 foot ring behind the tee line
- Back board
- The border at the extreme ends of the sheet
- Back end
- A team's third and skip, considered as a unit.
- Back-house weight
- Delivery speed required for a stone to come to rest in the back half of the house
- Back line
- The line right behind the house. If a rock completely crosses the back line, it is removed from play
- Back of the House
- The portion of the house behind the tee line
- Back ring
- Synonymous with back 12
- Barrier
- A board or other object behind the hack, used to stop moving stones; referred to as "bumper" in Canada
- Barrier weight
- Delivery speed that should come to rest against the barrier behind the hack. Synonymous with board weight.
- Biter
- A stone that barely touches the outside of the house, i.e. the 12-foot ring
- Bite stick
- A piece of equipment used to determine whether or not a stone is a biter
- Blank end
- An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored; in regular play the team that has the hammer retains it for the next end. In skins games, the skin for a blanked end is carried over. To "blank an end" means to intentionally leave no stones in the house so as to retain the hammer.
- Blanking an end
- Deliberately creating a blank end for the purposes of retaining the last rock advantage for the next end of play
- Blast
- A shot delivered with heavy weight and high velocity. A blast is usually intended to remove many stones from play or is used to break up and move around clustered stones. "Playing the blast" into a large cluster of stones is often a last resort shot to get the rocks split up when there are no other viable shots available.
- Board weight
- Throwing a stone with enough speed that it will come to rest in an area just behind the hacks—about 6 feet behind the house. Synonymous with barrier/bumper weight.
- Bonspiel
- Scots for league match, this is the term used for a curling tournament. Compare spiel
- Bounce
- A failed corner freeze where the shooter rolls open
- Brier
- The Canadian men's curling championship, held annually since 1927
- Broom
- An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel farther and curl less; though brushes have almost completely replaced brooms, the traditional name remains
- Broomstacking
- See stacking the brooms
- Brush / brushing
- Broom / Sweeping
- Bump
- A short raise
- Bumper
- The barrier
- Bumper weight
- Synonymous with barrier/board weight.
- Buried
- A rock that is hidden behind another rock, usually a guard, making it difficult for a curler to hit with a delivered rock. Also called "covered"
- Burn
- To accidentally touch a moving stone; the opposing skip has the option to remove the burned stone, or leave it where it comes to rest
- Button
- The centre (bullseye) of the house; sometimes called the 1-foot circle
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