the jack (cf. sense A. 9a).

Bowls. Short for master-bowl n. at compounds 6. Cf. mistress, n. 13. Obsolete.

Bowls. = Jack, n.2 21b. Cf. master, n.1 9a. Frequently figurative. Obsolete.

The peg or ‘hob’ aimed at in throwing quoits; the ‘Jack’ at bowls. Obsolete.

= sense A. 13 (cf. master-bowl n. at master, n.1 adj.compounds 6).

Something insignificant, or smaller than the normal size. Bowls. A smaller bowl, typically white in colour, at which the players aim.

Bowls. The jack. Also: a position allowed for the jack resulting from an initial delivery.

a smaller bowl at which the players aim; = sense 21b.

The mark, a cross made on the ice and surrounded by circles, at which the stones are aimed; applied also to the ‘jack’ at bowls, and the ‘hob’ at…

Bowls. The jack.