1. A bowling game played with small pins and a small ball, popular in New England and parts of Canada.
Usage: Usually used in plural; regional sport; The pins are thinner and taller than in ten-pin bowling
2. The small, slender pins used in the game of candlepins.
Usage: Plural form; refers to the equipment

Examples

• She enjoys playing candlepins at the local bowling alley in Boston.
• Candlepins is a traditional sport in New England.
• The candlepins are much thinner than regular bowling pins.
• He scored a strike in candlepins last weekend.
• Many bowling centers in Maine offer candlepins leagues.