| 单词 | grass croft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass croft grass croft n. a small enclosed piece of grassland (now rare). ΚΠ 1349 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 80 [A] Gryssecroft [containing 1 ½a]. 1422 Close Roll, 1 Henry VI (P.R.O.: C 54/273) m. 19 Octo cotagia et triginta Grescroftes in manu eorundem tenentium. 1748 H. Home Unto Lords of Council & Session Petition A. Udny 2 The additional Settlement in favours of the Lady of the House of Tarty, Gardens and Grass Croft thereof. 1849 York Herald 24 Nov. 4/5 Commodious dwelling-house, with Outbuildings, Garden, and Two Grass Crofts containing One Acre, or thereabouts of first-rate Old Sward Land. 1916 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Dec. 924/2 The little grass croft beyond the ditch is still known by its ancient name, ‘Segg Croft’. 2017 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 16 Dec. 25 Fatally injured, the would-be hitmen staggered out of the pub onto a grass croft beside Fitzwarren Street. < as lemmas |
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