Gardening, a kind of parterre in a grove, laid with fine turf, requiring to be frequently mowed, and laid out in compartments of divers figures, with dwarf-trees and other decorations. Bowling-greens are of English origin, but have been adopted by the French and Italians, who have them only for ornament, being unacquainted with or not fancying the exercise, on account of which they were first made in England.