bowling green ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a level, closely mowed green for lawn bowling.
Origin of bowling green First recorded in 1640–50 Bowling Green noun
- a city in S Kentucky.
- a city in NW Ohio.
- a small open area near the S tip of Manhattan in New York City, at the foot of Broadway.
bowling on the green noun
lawn bowling noun
- a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one’s ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green.Also called bowls, bowling on the green.Compare bowl2(def 2), bowling green, jack1(def 7), rink(def 5).
Origin of lawn bowling First recorded in 1925–30 Examples from the Web for bowling-green Historical Examples of bowling-green
He devoted his time to receiving visitors, the bowling-green, and the chess-table.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive
Joel Cook
They paused at the bowling-green and played a game which Evander won.
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Recollect the countryman at the Bowling-green at York—ha, ha!
William Harrison Ainsworth
The old Bowling-green is one of the pleasantest inns in Cheshire.
William Harrison Ainsworth
May Terrace was built on the bowling-green (circa 1824 and later).
Cremorne and the Later London Gardens
Warwick Wroth
British Dictionary definitions for bowling-green bowling green noun
- an area of closely mown turf on which the game of bowls is played