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Game played in an alley
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bowling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling .] To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target. It is one of the major forms of throwing sports . In pin bowling variations, the target is usually to knock over pins at the end ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, originally "playing at bowls ," verbal noun from bowl (v.). Bowling alley is from 1550s.
Usage examples of bowling.
Because of peole dropping bowling balls onto freeways, we have fences anclosing highway overpasses.
Since then, restaurants, hotels, parks, movie theaters, stores, swimming pools, bowling alleys, and even business schools have been opened to Negroes.
The carriage was now bowling down the avenue at a trot, the greys arching their necks and stepping out handsomely.