"The fragrant swards, while the night-breezes murmured..."
-Adventure
sward.
[swôrd]
NOUN
swards (plural noun)
a spread of short grass.
the upper layer of soil, especially when covered with grass, the hide of the land.
ORIGIN
Old English sweard ‘skin.’ The sense ‘upper layer of soil’ developed in late Middle English (at first in such phrases as sward of the earth).
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