Editing Billiard table (section)

===Cloth===
Billiard cloth (sometimes erroneously called [[felt]]) is a specific type of cloth that covers the top of the table's "playing area". Both the rails and slate beds are covered with 21–24-ounce billiard cloth (although some less expensive 19-ounce cloths are available) which is most often green in colour (representing the grass of the original lawn games from which billiards evolved), and consists of either a woven [[wool]] or wool-[[nylon]] blend called [[baize]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Most bar tables, which get much use, use the slower, thicker blended felt because it is cheaper. This type of cloth is called a [[woollen]] cloth. By contrast, high-quality pool cloth is usually made of a napless weave such as [[worsted]] wool, which gives a much faster roll to the balls. This "speed" of the cloth affects the amounts of {{Cuegloss|Swerve|swerve}} and {{Cuegloss|Deflection|deflection}} of the balls, among other aspects of game finesse. Snooker cloth traditionally has a directional [[Nap (textile)|nap]], upon which the balls behave differently when rolling against vs. running with the direction of the nap.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}