Bowling green

Bowling green
Bowling Bowl"ing, n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. [1913 Webster]

{Bowling alley}, a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.

{Bowling green}, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game. [1913 Webster]


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  • bowling green — n. a smooth lawn for the game of lawn bowling …   English World dictionary

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  • bowling green — n an area of short grass where you play the game of ↑bowls …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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