Game with strikes and a ball

• Game played in an alley
• A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over
• It hurts to wear jewellery in this game
• Dollhouse dress adornment?

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling 2 (label en New England) candlepin bowling. 3 Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. 4 (label en cricket) The action ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bowling \Bowl"ing\, n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. Bowling alley , a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins. Bowling green , a level piece of greensward or smooth ground ...

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.

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 ...