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ˈsea-washed, a.
a. Washed by the sea; exposed to the ‘wash’ of the sea.
1762–9Falconer Shipwr. iii. 769 And those yet breathing on the sea-wash'd ground. 1830Scott Auchindrane ii. i, Our mighty Earl forsakes his sea-wash'd castle. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 113 The moon-lighted, sea-washed verandah.
b. sea-washed turf, a dense turf found in coastal regions of northern England.
1931R. Beale Bk. Lawn vi. 56 Turf can roughly be divided into three categories—Cumberland, Sea-washed or Marsh; Down, Heath or Moorland; and Meadow Turf. 1954A. G. L. Hellyer Encycl. Garden Work 137/1 Sea-washed turf or Cumberland turf..owes its fineness to the fact that it is washed by salt water at high tides. 1962I. Greenfield Turf Culture ii. 73 One [variety of creeping bent]..is a common constituent of the sea-washed turf used for bowling greens. 1977Lancs. Life Nov. 82/4 Lancashire's only herd of wintering wild Bewick swans from Siberia..crop the sea-washed turf. |