- Bowled
- Bowl Bowl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bowling}.]
1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.
[1913 Webster]
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. [1913 Webster]
3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. [1913 Webster]
Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
