A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is?an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the cue ball .The cue stick was developed in the late 1600’s. When the ball lay near a rail, the mace was very inconvenient to use because of its large head. In such a case, the players would turn the mace around and use its handle to strike the ball.?The handle was called a ?queue?- meaning ?tail?- from which we get the word ?cue?.A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue)?is?an item of sporting equipment?essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.?It is used to strike a ball, usually the cue ball .The cue stick was developed in the late 1600’s. When the ball lay near a rail, the mace was very inconvenient to use because of its large head. In such a case, the players would turn the mace around and use its handle to strike the ball.?The handle was called a ?queue?- meaning ?tail?- from which we get the word ?cue?