Glossary of Curling - R

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Raise

A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward

Raise takeout

A shot in which the delivered stone bumps a second stone which in turn knocks a third stone out of play. Also called a runback

Reading the ice

When a curler considers how the condition of a sheet of ice will influence the path of a thrown stone, similar to how a golfer reads the undulations and texture of a green before determining where and how hard to hit a putt

Reverse handle

When a stone is thrown with a particular turn, but it eventually stops and begins to rotate in the opposite direction; usually the result of a pick or poor ice conditions. Sometimes it may even reverse twice in one shot, creating unpredictable shots that follow an S-shaped path.

Right off!

A call given by the skip to tell the sweepers to neither sweep nor clean the rock; as compared to off!, which tells the sweepers to stop sweeping but not necessarily to stop cleaning)

Rings

The house

Rink

1. A curling team. Often used with a location ("the Manitoba rink") or the name of the skip ("the Smith rink").
2. A building housing the ice sheets ("the curling rink")
3. Sometimes used as a synonym for sheet

Roaring Game, The

Slang for the game of curling, it's the sound a stone makes while sliding along the ice

Rock

The device thrown by curlers during the game. It is made of granite and has a standard weight of 19.6 kg (44 lb). Also called a stone

Roll

Any movement of a stone after striking another

Rotation

Description of a spinning rock

Rub

When a moving stone barely touches another stationary stone; less contact than a chip

Run

A section of the curling sheet that is dipped or troughed that can prevent a stone to curl or draw down its normal path of travel

Runback

See raise takeout

Running surface

The part of the rock which comes in contact with the ice. It is about 7 mm wide (0.25 inches)