Main Entry:

mas·sé

Pronunciation:

\ma-ˈsā\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, from past participle of masser to make a massé shot, from masse sledgehammer, from Middle French mace mace

Date:

1873

: a shot in billiards or pool made by hitting the cue ball vertically or nearly vertically on the side to drive it around one ball in order to strike another