lawn bowling

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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.

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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

Words nearby lawn bowling

Law Lords, lawmaker, lawman, law merchant, lawn, lawn bowling, lawn chair, Lawndale, lawn mower, lawn party, lawn sleeves

How to use lawn bowling in a sentence

Brabner talked about the “MTV people” coming to Cleveland to get pictures of Pekar emptying the garbage and going bowling.
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Some twits have gone on Twitter to suggest Spencer was being reckless when he went out bowling.
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In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.
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A yellow hazardous material bin placed out on the lawn, just beyond some red tape reading “Danger Do Not Enter,” left no doubt.
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The 18-inch air ducts that feed the pipe rooms are each over 50 feet in length, large enough to fit a bowling ball.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
For he saw her looking up into his eyes as once before on the lawn of her English bungalow four months ago.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Even then the Prime Minister was with difficulty prevented from bowling during forbidden hours.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various