bowling green

bowling green ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a level, closely mowed green for lawn bowling.

Origin of bowling green First recorded in 1640–50 Bowling Green noun

1. a city in S Kentucky.
2. a city in NW Ohio.
3. a small open area near the S tip of Manhattan in New York City, at the foot of Broadway.

bowling on the green noun

1. lawn bowling.

lawn bowling noun

1. 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.

The Lady of Loyalty House

Justin Huntly McCarthy

Recollect the countryman at the Bowling-green at York—ha, ha!

Rookwood

William Harrison Ainsworth

The old Bowling-green is one of the pleasantest inns in Cheshire.

Rookwood

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

1. an area of closely mown turf on which the game of bowls is played