1778 W. Marshall sig. I2 Mowing weedy grass by the side of the rivulet in River-mead.
1859 Ld. Lytton (ed. 2) 211 Lady Eve..dwells beside The river-meads, and oak-trees tall.
1993 J. R. Petch & J. Kolejka in R. Haines-Young et al. iv. 44 For instance, in valleys, river meads, slopes, terraces and channels have recognizable chorological (spatial) structures.