SG Heritage Dictionary

Bowling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Playing at bowls.

Bowling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

Bowling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bowling-green [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A level piece of ground kept smooth for bowling.

2. In gardening, a parterre in a grove, laid with fine turf, with compartments of divers figures, with dwarf trees and other decorations. It may be used for bowling; but the French and Italians have such greens for ornament.