Besides the obvious (as targets in the sport of Bowling), wooden bowling pins have been used for such things as making the bases of lamps, as balusters in a balustrade, and by the police et. al. for target shooting practice.
In Bowling the term used when knock down all the pins is "Strike".
Pin Bowling
Bowling in a bowling alley.
There are ten pins in ten pin bowling as that is the nature of that sport. In 5 pin bowling, there are 5 pins.
a strike ( if you knock all the bowling pins down with one " throw " of the bowling ball )
The pin boy in bowling used to reset pins before there were automatic pinsetters.
A dash is used in scoring to indicate no pins were knocked down.
Bowling pins last 12 to 24 months.
The bowling ball transfers its kinetic energy (energy of movement) to the stationary bowling pins.
A bowling ball is a ball that is used in the game of bowling, where you roll the ball down an aisle and try to knock down as many pins as you can.
Because they only used nine pins.
The objective of Bowling is to knock down and many pins as possible.