What does "rolldown" mean?

An older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.

Rolldown

adj, noun

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Noun

1
An older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger. attributive, countable, often, uncountable
"New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda."

Adjective

1
Capable of being rolled down. not-comparable
"Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside."

"Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside."

Deverbal from roll down.

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