bowling : Idioms & Phrases


Bowling alley

  • noun a building that contains several alleys for bowling
  • noun a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
    skittle alley; alley.
WordNet
  • a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.
Webster 1913

Bowling green

  • noun a town in southern Kentucky
  • noun a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
WordNet
  • a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.
Webster 1913