In three-cushion billiards, sometimes called three-cushion carom, or carambole, the object is to carom off both object balls with at least three being contacted before the contact of the cue ball with the second object ball.
The object is to carom off both object balls with at least three being contacted before the contact of the cue ball with the second object ball. This was in three-cushion billiards-cushion carom, or carambole. Cushion billiards are sometimes called three.