Original: Cushions caroms was defunct for a number of years , but was revived in the late 1860s as another alternative to straight rail , for the same reasons that balkline developed , i.e. , as an alternative to the tedium engendered by the use of the '' rail nurse '' ( see above ) .
Simplified: Cushions caroms was not played for a number of years , but came back in the late 1860s as another game to play when straight rail became boring because of the nursing techniques talked about earlier .