lawn bowling

A game played on a level lawn in which players roll bowls as close as possible to a smaller target ball. Also called bowls².

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lawn′ bowl`ing

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.

[1925–30]

lawn′ bowl`er, n.

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Noun

lawn bowling - a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

bowls

bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

bowl - a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

jack - a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling

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