bocce








noun

  1. an Italian variety of lawn bowling played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.

noun

  1. an Italian version of bowls played on a lawn smaller than a bowling green
n.

from Italian bocce “(wooden) balls,” plural of boccia, which is related to French bosse “bump, hump,” perhaps from a Germanic source.

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