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.
Origin of lawn bowling
1First recorded in 1925–30
- Also called bowls, bowling on the green .
- Compare bowl2 (def. 2), bowling green, jack1 (def. 7), rink (def. 5).
Words Nearby lawn bowling
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How to use lawn bowling in a sentence
lawn bowling is a different game from lawn bowls, which is described in a preceding paragraph.
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