| alley1 |
a bowling lane. [1/5 definitions] |
| boccie |
a form of lawn bowling, originating in Italy, played with wooden balls on a long narrow court of dirt, clay, or sand. |
| boule2 |
(usu. pl.) a French lawn bowling game similar to the Italian boccie. [1/3 definitions] |
| bowl2 |
a large wooden ball shaped or weighted so as to roll in a curved path, used in lawn bowling. [6/8 definitions] |
| bowling |
any of various similar games, such as lawn bowling, skittles, or ninepins. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowling alley |
a long narrow wooden expanse of floor with gutters on either side, used for the game of bowling. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowls |
a game played on a smooth lawn, in which the players roll wooden balls as close as possible to a smaller target ball; lawn bowling. |
| candlepin |
a candlelike pin used in a bowling game similar to tenpins. [1/2 definitions] |
| duckpin |
a short, thick pin used for a bowling game similar to tenpins. [2 definitions] |
| foul line |
in bowling and other sports, any of various lines defining the area in which players must remain during play. [1/3 definitions] |
| gutter |
the sunken trough on each side of a bowling alley. [1/10 definitions] |
| headpin |
in bowling, the pin nearest to the bowler; kingpin. |
| kingpin |
the frontmost or central pin in a grouping of bowling pins. [1/3 definitions] |
| lane |
a raised wooden passageway, bounded by gutters, along which a bowling ball is pitched; alley. [2/7 definitions] |
| ninepins |
(used with a sing. verb) a bowling game similar to tenpins that is played with nine pins. [1/2 definitions] |
| pin |
any of various narrow cylindrical or roughly cylindrical objects such as a target in bowling games, parts of locks, and the pole that marks the hole in golf. [1/7 definitions] |
| pinsetter |
a person or device that removes the pins struck down in a bowling alley and sets them up again. |
| scorecard |
a card or folder on which to record running scores in an athletic contest, as in golf or bowling. |
| spare |
in bowling, the knocking down of all pins with two rolls of the ball. [1/14 definitions] |
| strike |
in bowling, the knocking down of all pins with one roll of the ball. [1/31 definitions] |
| tenpin |
one of the large bottle-shaped pins used for bowling. [2 definitions] |