grassplot

[ gras-plot, grahs- ]

/ ˈgræsˌplɒt, ˈgrɑs- /

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noun

a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.

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Origin of grassplot

First recorded in 1600–10; grass + plot

Where did it come from—that quaint little house with the fanlight over the door and the flower-starred grassplot in front?
Greenwich Village|Anna Alice Chapin
Once, when the sparrow was hopping about on the grassplot near the parrot's perch, a cat sprang out from some bushes.
The Nursery, May 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 5|Various
Strictly speaking, a grassplot should be all grass, grass and a little white clover.
Last Words|Juliana Horatia Ewing
The creature was strong and spirited, and galloped with them round the grassplot.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales|Hans Christian Andersen

Morton accompanied him to a sequestered grassplot, where their colleagues awaited them.
Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott