greenswardsmanshipn.
/ˈɡriːnswɔːdzmənʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌswɔrdzmənˌʃɪp/, /ˈɡrinˌswɑrdzmənˌʃɪp/ rare.
The cultivation of a lawn.
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1936 W. C. Sellar & R. J. Yeatman Garden Rubbish 64 The object of Greenswardsmanship is to acquire a Lawn..so verdant that everyone goes green with envy at the sight of it.
1965 House & Garden's Gardener's Day Bk. 262 Greenswardsmanship. According to the dictionary, greensward means, literally, green skin. Hence turf.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1936