open frame
Neither strike nor spare
In bowling, an open frame is a frame where the bowler fails to knock down all ten pins in two attempts—neither a strike nor a spare.
Open frames limit scoring potential since no bonus pins carry forward: She had three open frames in the first half and couldn't recover.
The term extends to similar scoring situations in other pin games.
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
- bowling alleyPin-knocking establishment
- spare tireEmergency replacement wheel
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
gutter · rack · exposed · exposed beam · structure · skeletal · chassis · scaffold · unenclosed · bare · bare bones · tenth · ball · lane · score · rolling · split · arcade