[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bowl" (Football Stadium)

[Shapiro, Fred]

bowl (OED, n.1 3.d., 1913)

1912 Yale Daily News​ 24 May 3/3  In regard to the style of structure to be used for a football stand, the Committee favor the Coliseum or Bowl type.

Fred Shapiro

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