​Bocce​: 1860,  boc·cie  or  boc·ci  or  boc·ce  \'bä-chē\, noun,  Italian bocce, plural of boccia ball, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss; 1. game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court; 2. is a precision sport closely related to bowls and petanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire.