An archaic or dialectal spelling of 'bowl,' referring to a round vessel or container, or the game of bowls.
Variant spelling of 'bowl,' from Old English 'bolla,' related to Old Norse 'bolli' and the verb 'to roll,' as the game involves rolling balls.
Medieval spellings were wonderfully inconsistent, so 'bowle' appears in old texts as a legitimate variant of 'bowl'—it shows how much English spelling has been standardized over the centuries.
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