Bowling

Bowling
Bowling Bowl"ing, n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. [1913 Webster]

{Bowling alley}, a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.

{Bowling green}, 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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Bowling — Ball und Pins Bowling ist eine Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in den Vereinigten Staaten entstandene Variante des Präzisionssports Kegeln. Dabei wird ein mit Bohrungen für die Finger versehener Ball auf eine Formation von zehn Pins geworfen.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bowling — [ buliŋ ] n. m. • 1907, répandu v. 1950; mot angl. amér. ♦ Jeu de quilles sur piste, avec une grosse boule percée de trois trous pour les doigts. Jouer au bowling. Lieu installé pour y jouer. Aller dans un bowling, au bowling. ● bowling nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bowling — s.n. 1. Variantă a jocului de popice. 2. Loc, teren amenajat pentru bowling (1) şi alte jocuri mecanice. [pr.: báuling] – Din engl. bowling[alley]. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  BOWLING s.n. Joc de popice practicat pe o pistă… …   Dicționar Român

  • Bowling — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otras modalidades, véase bolos. Bolera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bowling — Sn (amerikanisches Kegelspiel) per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus am. e. bowling, einer Ableitung von ne. bowl schieben, rollen , zu ne. bowl Kugel , dieses aus frz. boule f., aus l. bulla f. Aufschwellung, Blase (usw.).… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • bowling — 1530s, playing at BOWLS (Cf. bowls). Bowling alley is from 1550s …   Etymology dictionary

  • bowling — ► NOUN ▪ the game of bowls, tenpin bowling, or skittles …   English terms dictionary

  • bowling — [bōl′iŋ] n. 1. a game in which a heavy ball is bowled along a wooden lane in an attempt to knock over ten large wooden pins that are set upright at the far end 2. LAWN BOWLING 3. the playing of either of these games 4. Cricket the act of throwing …   English World dictionary

  • bowling — s. m. Ver bólingue. • Plural: bowlings.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Bowling — For other uses, see Bowling (disambiguation). A ten pin bowler releases the ball. Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule < Middle French < Latin bulla bubble, knob; compare boil1 , bola +ing)[1][2 …   Wikipedia

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