a game played with heavy wooden bowls, the object of which is to propel one's bowl so that it comes to rest as close as possible to a previously bowled small white ball (the jack) without touching it. Bowls is played chiefly out of doors (though indoor bowls is also popular) on a closely trimmed lawn called a green.
草地滚木球戏。
〈英〉十柱滚木球戏(或撞柱戏)。