The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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:
       bowling alley, alley, skittle alley]