c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses vii, in (1616) 101 A goodly Orchard ground was situate, Of neare ten Acres.
1826 M. W. Shelley III. iv. 111 Every moss-grown wall and plot of orchard ground, alike as twin lambs are to each other.
1879 E. Sargent 325 The orchard grounds were white With blossoms that had fallen in the night.
1984 13 4 The ‘hill’ was higher than the orchard grounds.