单词 | mowing ground |
释义 | > as lemmasmowing ground mowing ground n. originally and chiefly U.S. land on which grass is grown for mowing; a plot of such land. ΚΠ 1634 Cambr. Prop. Rec. 1 [The constable] shall make a surveyinge of the Houses backsids Corne ffeilds Moweing grounds and other lands. 1722 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1906) XLII. 90 [To pay damages for] digging in any Corne field,..mowing ground. 1787 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 222 The same difference was equally obvious on a piece of mowing grd. not far distant from it. 1800 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1st Ser. VII. 245 [The Isles of Shoals] lie in common, except a few small inclosures for gardens and mowing ground. 1998 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 23 Jan. 48 The farm has 190ha (470 acres) of in-bye and mowing ground. < as lemmas |
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