bow legs

players take turns to roll bowls as near as possible to a small ball ||||«

► FOOTBALL GAME 7 [C] {NAmE) (in names

£ IS?) a game of American football played after the main season between the best teams ( the super

« verb

► ROLL BALL 1 [V, VN] to roll a ball in the games of bowls and bowling (

► IN CRICKET EftM 2 [V, VN] to throw a ball to the batsman

(= the person who hits the ball) jE ( S o

note at throw 3 [VN] ~ sb (out) to make the batsman have to leave the field by throwing a ball that hits the wicket

► MOVE QUICKLY ifi i§.Sif 4 [V +adv/prep.] {BrE) to move quickly in a particular direction, especially in a vehicle

( ( Xta ) 'ftilfr3t: Soon we were

bowling along the country roads.

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,bowl sb ‘over 1 to run into sb and knock them down Al'Ifl'J 2 to surprise or impress sb a lot

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bow legs /,bau 'legz; NAmE ,bou/ noun [pi.] legs that curve out at the knees ^ ffc fit; H! ®l ► bow-legged /,bau 'legid; NAmE ,bou/ adj.

bowl er /'baula(r); NAmE 'boo-/ noun 1 (in cricket $£$) a player who throws the ball towards the batsman —picture o page R30 2 (also .bowler 'hat) (both especially BrE) {NAmE usually derby) a hard black hat with a curved brim and round top, worn, for example, in the past by men in business in Britain ( 3^ PS

) — picture o hat

bow line /‘baulam/ noun a rope that attaches one side of a sail to the bow of a boat ifeRP^; 3K^l6)l^ bowl ing /'bauliri; NAmE 'boo-/ noun [U] a game in which players roll heavy balls (called bowls) along a special track towards a group of pins (= bottle-shaped objects) and try to knock over as many of them as possible — compare bowl n.{6)

'bowling alley noun a building or part of a building where people can go bowling 'bowling green noun an area of grass that has been cut short on which the game of bowls is played

bow-man /'bauman; NAmE 'boo-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) (1old-fashioned) = archer

bow-string /'baustriq; NAmE 'boo-/ noun the string on a bow² which is pulled back to shoot arrows ^ bow tie /,bau 'tai; NAmE ,bou/ noun a man’s tie that is tied in the shape of a bow and that does not hang down — picture o page R20

bow-wow /'bau wau/ noun a child’s word for a dog ( JU£, *t*6j >

box 0-w /bnks; NAmE ba:ks/ noun, verb a noun

► CONTAINER W 1 [C] (especially in compounds X Eft

T is]) a container made of wood, cardboard,

metal, etc. with a flat stiff base and sides and often a lid, used especially for holding solid things it; f|; E: She kept all the letters in a box.

o a money box |Io cardboard boxes ®|oa toolbox II|oa matchbox — picture

o packaging 2 [C] a box and its contents — ^, — ff ( 35s® ) : a box of chocolates/matches / A

^ — picture o packaging

► IN THEATRE/COURT jg<J ; SI3 [C] a small area in a

theatre or court separated off from where other people sit ( + aboxatthe

opera Sfcjgij^ fftlaJSi 0 the witness/jury box vEA/

► SHELTER jE 4 [C] a small shelter used for a

particular purpose /Jn ^^ : a sentry/signal box

o (BrE) a telephone box 0 I called

him from the phone box on the comer. $! &L (ft NeL