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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bowling

/bōl'-ĭng/ · Bowl·ing · IPA /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
01 n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
  1. 1.
    The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.
Phrases & compounds
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.