Definition of "crown green" []

• The playing area used in crown green bowls; normally about 40 yards square that rises to a "crown" in the middle about 1 foot above the edges (noun)

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• "It also resembles the rich dark crown green of the triumphal ivy-wreath, which would give additional pungency to its ironical purpose."