Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bowling \Bowl"ing\, n.
   The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the
   ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

   {Bowling alley}, a covered place for playing at bowls or
      tenpins.

   {Bowling green}, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground
      for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New
      York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game.

Source : WordNet®

bowling alley
     n 1: a building that contains several alleys for bowling
     2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn:
         {alley}, {skittle alley}]