lawn bowling

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ˈlawn ˌbowl•ing, n. [uncountable]

1. Sport a game played on a bowling green by rolling a ball toward a stationary ball.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

lawn′ bowl′ing, 

1. Sport 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. Cf. bowl² (def. 2), bowling green, jack ¹ (def. 7), rink (def. 5).

• 1925–30