Originally Scottish. Any of various games in which players throw or bowl a (typically heavy) ball over a relatively great distance, as ninepins…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of (11) long bowl1497 Originally Scottish. Any of various games in which players throw or bowl a (typically heavy) ball over a relatively great distance, as ninepins… byles1530 An obsolete game with bowls, mentioned chiefly as Scottish. trule1568 Perhaps: a game played with balls or bowls. portbowls1585 the game of bowls (only recorded in Elgin). long bullets1679 = long bowl, n. 1. boccia1827 Esp. in Italy or in Italian contexts: = bocce, n. bocce1828 An Italian game similar to bowls, usually played on a narrow clay or gravel court. trailing1902 The action of trail, v.1 in various senses. A form of bowling played on Scottish greens, the object being to trail or carry the jack into a… boule1924 A French form of bowls, played on rough ground, usually with metal balls. Also in plural form. bias bowls1939 the game of bowls, played using bowls with a bias (sense A. 2a); cf. bias bowling n. (b), biased bowls n. pétanque1955 A southern French game similar to bowls, but played, usually on a sand or gravel surface, with metal balls which are thrown towards the jack; = boule… |
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