candlepins

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

candlepins
    n 1: a bowling game using slender bowling pins [syn:
         {candlepins}, {candlepin bowling}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Candlepin \Can`dle*pin`\, n. (Tenpins)
      (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like
          a candle.
      (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form
          {candlepins}, used as a singular.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.] candlepower