Boules

"Boules" is indeed the generic term for any of the French bowling games.

Petanque - French Word-A-Day 2009

The French have a version called Boules, which like french bicycle components, is only palped by old frenchmen.

Sexy and Bold: Life on the Street BikeSnobNYC 2009

And in Connecticut, celebrity chef Jacques Pepin plays with friends, all of whom have boules courts, in a league called Boules des Dimanches.

"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader 2010

And in Connecticut, celebrity chef Jacques Pepin plays with friends, all of whom have boules courts, in a league called Boules des Dimanches.

Fore, right! 2010

Searches show that there are web sites that consider "Boules" and "Pétanque" to be synonyms.

Petanque - French Word-A-Day 2009

"Boules" is indeed the generic term for any of the French bowling games.

Petanque - French Word-A-Day 2009

Searches show that there are web sites that consider "Boules" and "Pétanque" to be synonyms.

Petanque - French Word-A-Day 2009

Les Boules isn't a place for fancy pants or Jimmy Choos—competitive spirits sometimes enhanced by liquid ones will soon have you kicking up clouds of dust as you run down the petanque lanes, wielding a measuring tape to argue over whose ball is a fraction of a centimeter closer.

Les Boules Jessica Yu 2011

Jessica Yu/The Wall Street Journal Les Boules in Hong Kong For the uninitiated, petanque is a game in which a small wooden ball is tossed down a lane.

Les Boules Jessica Yu 2011

Tucked away on a little street in Shek Tong Tsui, on the northwest side of Hong Kong island, is one of the city's more serendipitous finds: Walking into underground café Les Boules is like walking out of south China and into a French neighborhood picnic party.

Les Boules Jessica Yu 2011