Bowling
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Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins or another target. Most references to bowling are to pin bowling, specifically tenpin bowling. Bowling ca
Pin bowling: a tenpin bowler at an indoor bowling alley
Target bowling: Bowls players at a bowling club
Archeologist's drawing of items found in 1895 in a tomb in Naqada, Egypt, thought to resemble the modern game of skittles. The archeologist speculated about the arrangement of the items.
Bocce players in an illuminated manuscript
Candlepin bowling
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Candlepin bowling is a variation of bowling that is played primarily in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the New England region of the United States. It is played with a handheld-sized ball and tal
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…roll, and a spare is scored when all pins are knocked down on the second roll. The most common type of pin bowling is tenpin bowling; variants include candlepin, duckpin, nine-pin (kegel), and five-pin. The game of skittles is the forerunner of modern pin bowling. Tenpin bowling is the most popular type of…
Candlepins are tall and thin, each pin being heavier than the ball.
A bowling alley in Windsor, Vermont, United States, c. 1910. Tenpins and duckpins are stored on a shelf behind the pit areas, suggesting that the same bowling lanes were used for the different variations of the sport.