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Topic: OTHER SPORTS

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Probably from CURL1; because the stone curves as it slows down

curling

 noun
     
curl‧ing [uncountable]
DSO a sport played on ice, in which players slide flat heavy stones towards a marked place
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