long bowln.

Brit.

/ˌlɒŋ ˈbəʊl/, U.S.

/ˌlɔŋ ˈboʊl/,

/ˌlɑŋ ˈboʊl/

Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and bowl n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, bowl n.²

Etymology: < long adj.¹ + bowl n.²

In plural.

1. Originally Scottish. Any of various games in which players throw or bowl a (typically heavy) ball over a relatively great distance, as ninepins, etc.; spec. one in which players compete to see who can throw a heavy ball or shot the furthest, or cover a specified distance in the fewest throws. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of

long bowl1497

byles1530

trule1568

portbowls1585

long bullets1679

boccia1827

bocce1828

trailing1902

boule1924

bias bowls1939

pétanque1955

1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 332 Item, the samyn nycht, in Sanctandrois, to the King to play at the lang bowlis xviij. s.

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Skore The word score, is..most used at the long Bowls, which are sometimes call'd the Scores, because they make draughts or impressions in the ground where they are to begin and leave off.

1751 Whitehall Evening-post 30 July–1 Aug. As several People were playing at Long Bowls nigh the Race Field at Durham, a young Man had his Skull fractured by one of the Iron Bowls falling on the back Part of his Head.

1860 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Feb. 110/2 They played at long-bowls on the green in front, or wrangled in the skittle-ground at the rear.

1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 173 In some parts of the country the game of Long Bowls is popular. It consists simply in bowling a skittle-ball along the ground for any determinate distance in the smallest number of bowls.

1999 J. G. Dunbar Sc. Royal Palaces vi. 205 Row bowls seems to have been the equivalent of the modern game of bowls, while long bowls involved the use of skittles.

2. figurative. The exchange of artillery fire at a considerable distance, esp. between ships. Esp. in (to play) at long bowls. Cf. long ball n. 2. Now historical and rare.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor.

ΚΠ

1780 St. James's Chron. 26 Aug. At long Bowls, they played the Devil with our Masts and Rigging.

1798 G. Duncan Constant Lovers iii. 64 Pipes. The Captain must lay her along-side; and board her at once. Boatswain. Let him alone for that—He does not like your long bowls.

1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 358 ‘Long bowls’, said Curtis to Savage, ‘will not answer: you must yard-arm it with your adversary.’

1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny iii. 34 He can play at long bowls as well as you can, especially from behind loopholed walls.

1914 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 213 Downie would have had to be an exceptional man to play at ‘long bowls’ for advantage.

1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) iv. 84 With her twenty nine-pounders, the Nutmeg could not play at long bowls with the French thirty-two-gun eighteen-pounder frigate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	long bowl
释义	long bowln. Brit. /ˌlɒŋ ˈbəʊl/, U.S. /ˌlɔŋ ˈboʊl/, /ˌlɑŋ ˈboʊl/ Forms: see long adj.¹ and n.¹ and bowl n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.¹, bowl n.² Etymology: < long adj.¹ + bowl n.² In plural. 1. Originally Scottish. Any of various games in which players throw or bowl a (typically heavy) ball over a relatively great distance, as ninepins, etc.; spec. one in which players compete to see who can throw a heavy ball or shot the furthest, or cover a specified distance in the fewest throws. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of long bowl1497 byles1530 trule1568 portbowls1585 long bullets1679 boccia1827 bocce1828 trailing1902 boule1924 bias bowls1939 pétanque1955 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 332 Item, the samyn nycht, in Sanctandrois, to the King to play at the lang bowlis xviij. s. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Skore The word score, is..most used at the long Bowls, which are sometimes call'd the Scores, because they make draughts or impressions in the ground where they are to begin and leave off. 1751 Whitehall Evening-post 30 July–1 Aug. As several People were playing at Long Bowls nigh the Race Field at Durham, a young Man had his Skull fractured by one of the Iron Bowls falling on the back Part of his Head. 1860 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Feb. 110/2 They played at long-bowls on the green in front, or wrangled in the skittle-ground at the rear. 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 173 In some parts of the country the game of Long Bowls is popular. It consists simply in bowling a skittle-ball along the ground for any determinate distance in the smallest number of bowls. 1999 J. G. Dunbar Sc. Royal Palaces vi. 205 Row bowls seems to have been the equivalent of the modern game of bowls, while long bowls involved the use of skittles. 2. figurative. The exchange of artillery fire at a considerable distance, esp. between ships. Esp. in (to play) at long bowls. Cf. long ball n. 2. Now historical and rare.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1780 St. James's Chron. 26 Aug. At long Bowls, they played the Devil with our Masts and Rigging. 1798 G. Duncan Constant Lovers iii. 64 Pipes. The Captain must lay her along-side; and board her at once. Boatswain. Let him alone for that—He does not like your long bowls. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 358 ‘Long bowls’, said Curtis to Savage, ‘will not answer: you must yard-arm it with your adversary.’ 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny iii. 34 He can play at long bowls as well as you can, especially from behind loopholed walls. 1914 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 213 Downie would have had to be an exceptional man to play at ‘long bowls’ for advantage. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) iv. 84 With her twenty nine-pounders, the Nutmeg could not play at long bowls with the French thirty-two-gun eighteen-pounder frigate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1497
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