bowling-greenn.

Forms: see bowling n. and green adj. and n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bowling n., green n.¹

Etymology: < bowling n. + green n.¹ (compare sense 3b at that entry).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbowling-green.

A smooth level lawn or green for playing bowls upon. (Hence a common simile ‘as level (or smooth) as a bowling-green’.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > bowling-green or part of

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1646 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 227 The whole country flat and even as a bowling-green.

a1695 A. Wood Life (1848) 267 Trained privately in New Coll. bouling-green.

1804 M. Edgeworth Lottery iv, in Pop. Tales II. 37 Mrs. Dolly is going to a bowling-green tea-party, this evening.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 120 An immense plain..as level as a bowling-green.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	bowling-green
释义	bowling-greenn. Forms: see bowling n. and green adj. and n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bowling n., green n.¹ Etymology: < bowling n. + green n.¹ (compare sense 3b at that entry).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbowling-green. A smooth level lawn or green for playing bowls upon. (Hence a common simile ‘as level (or smooth) as a bowling-green’.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > bowling-green or part of bowling-green1646 crown1834 crown green1834 rink1864 1646 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 227 The whole country flat and even as a bowling-green. a1695 A. Wood Life (1848) 267 Trained privately in New Coll. bouling-green. 1804 M. Edgeworth Lottery iv, in Pop. Tales II. 37 Mrs. Dolly is going to a bowling-green tea-party, this evening. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 120 An immense plain..as level as a bowling-green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1646
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