sward

Sward is grass-covered soil.

(noun)

An example of sward is a lawn in front of a house.

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See sward in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

grass-covered soil; turf

Origin: ME swarde < OE sweard, a skin, hide, akin to Ger schwarte, rind, hard skin, ON svọrthr, skin

transitive verb

to cover with sward

See sward in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Land covered with grassy turf.
  2. A lawn or meadow.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English sweard, skin

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