lawn bowling

noun

a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green.Also called bowls, bowling on the green.Compare bowl²(def 2), bowling green, jack¹(def 7), rink(def 5).

Origin of lawn bowling

First recorded in 1925–30