(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.

plural of bowline

A surname.

Fastened with a bowline.

(cricket) The white line marked at each end of the pitch through the wicket and ending at the return creases. When bowling the bowler's front foot must not cross this line until after the ball has been delivered.

(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.

present participle of bowl

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling / (New England) Candlepin bowling.

A sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.