bowls

bowls
bowls (n.) game played with balls, mid-15c. (implied in bowlyn), from gerund of bowl "wooden ball" (early 15c.), from O.Fr. bole (13c., Mod.Fr. boule) "ball," ultimately from L. bulla "bubble, knob, round thing" (see BULL (Cf. bull) (2)).
Noon apprentice ... [shall] play ... at the Tenys, Closshe, Dise, Cardes, Bowles nor any other unlawfull game. [Act 11, Henry VII, 1495]

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