(cricket) The number of runs conceded divided by the number of wickets taken, used as a statistic.

(cricket) A group of statistics listed for each bowler in a single innings:- number of overs bowled, number of maiden overs bowled, number of runs conceded and number of wickets taken.

(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling. / (cricket) The player currently bowling. / (cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability. / (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.

A bowler hat; a round black hat formerly popular among British businessmen.

(cricket) To bowl a batsman out with the ball hitting neither the bat nor the pads on the way to the stumps.

(cricket) A bowler who specialises in bowling the ball fast in cricket; as opposed to a spin bowler.

(idiomatic) One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.

(nautical) each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency.

(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails. / (nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.

(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.