lawn
1- a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- Archaic. a glade.
Origin of lawn
1lawn
2- a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed.
Origin of lawn
2Examples from the Web for lawn
Contemporary Examples of lawn
In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.
A yellow hazardous material bin placed out on the lawn, just beyond some red tape reading “Danger Do Not Enter,” left no doubt.
So say the Secret Service nabs him on the lawn, in plain sight of tourists with cameras.
Though it would mow your lawn at International Space Station orbital speed—17,000 mph.
If you fertilized your lawn today, you have led a more productive life than Tori Spelling.
Historical Examples of lawn
"I wish you were entirely independent of Austin," said Viviette, walking with him up the lawn.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
There were tables under the trees on the lawn, and a new sign on the gate.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Catherine and Sidney remained on the lawn; the rest followed the host.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
And such is life-love on the lawn and settlements in the parlour.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
They were to dine on the lawn, in a large marquee, and to dance in the evening.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
lawn
1- a flat and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass
- an archaic or dialect word for glade
Word Origin for lawn
lawn
2- a fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing
Word Origin for lawn
Word Origin and History for lawn
"turf, stretch of grass," 1540s, laune "glade, open space between woods," from Middle English launde (c.1300), from Old French lande "heath, moor, barren land; clearing" (12c.), from Gaulish (cf. Breton lann "heath"), or from its Germanic cognate, source of English land (n.). The -d perhaps mistaken for an affix and dropped. Sense of "grassy ground kept mowed" first recorded 1733.
"thin linen or cotton cloth," early 15c., probably from Laon, city in northern France, a center of linen manufacture. The town name is Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, of Celtic origin.