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Definition of Bocce
1. Noun. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.
Definition of Bocce
1. Noun. (sports) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bocce
1. boccie [n -S] - See also: boccie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bocce
Literary usage of Bocce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"On Egyptian records dating to as early as 5280 BC, figures may be seen tossing
a ball in a similar way to how a bocce ball is tossed today. ..."
2. The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time: With Illustrations Maps, and Plans by James King Hewison (1895)
"... band was a younger brother of Walter, John, who perished at the siege of
Damietta, in 1249. If bocce is accurate, ... 4 bocce, lib. xiii. fol. ccc. ..."
3. Roba Di Roma by William Wetmore Story (1864)
"... dictus Another favourite game of ball among the Romans is bocce or Boc- cette.
It is played between two sides, consisting of any number of persons, ..."
4. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1905)
"... Grafton, Major, bocce, Bellenden i Stewart, Lesley and Buchanan, all precursors
of Holinshed, he deve special sections to the supernatural paternity of ..."
5. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"On Egyptian records dating to as early as 5280 BC, figures may be seen tossing
a ball in a similar way to how a bocce ball is tossed today. ..."
6. The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time: With Illustrations Maps, and Plans by James King Hewison (1895)
"... band was a younger brother of Walter, John, who perished at the siege of
Damietta, in 1249. If bocce is accurate, ... 4 bocce, lib. xiii. fol. ccc. ..."
7. Roba Di Roma by William Wetmore Story (1864)
"... dictus Another favourite game of ball among the Romans is bocce or Boc- cette.
It is played between two sides, consisting of any number of persons, ..."
8. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1905)
"... Grafton, Major, bocce, Bellenden i Stewart, Lesley and Buchanan, all precursors
of Holinshed, he deve special sections to the supernatural paternity of ..."
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