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greensward

American  
[green-swawrd] / ˈgrinˌswɔrd /

noun

  1. green, grassy turf.


greensward British  
/ ˈɡriːnˌswɔːd /

noun

  1. archaic fresh green turf or an area of such turf

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of greensward

First recorded in 1590–1600; green + sward

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Houston’s, or a solitary elder’s transition to a cemetery’s greensward.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2022

And it draws sold-out throngs of plant obsessives to stroll the transformed greensward of the Royal Hospital and smell the patent-pending roses.

From Washington Post May 21, 2019

As he passed the luminous greensward of Keble College’s cricket field, players in their whites could be seen throwing up their arms as a wicket was taken.

From The New Yorker Sep. 17, 2018

The normally nocturnal animals cantered across the greensward and into the thick woods on the perimeter.

From Golf Digest Jul. 31, 2018

At the south end of the greensward there was an opening.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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