单词 | well-grassed |
释义 | well-grassedadj. Abundantly covered or planted with grass. ΚΠ ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 155 His pastures well grassed, his house furnished, and all thynges in comely order. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 79 The Chamtouers..are possess'd of a fine flat country, well grass'd and watered. 1784 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (1790) II. 25 They [sc. horses] hung after it [sc. clover], in preference to well grassed turf. 1866 R. P. Whitworth Bailliere's S. Austral. Gazetteer Advts. p. xix Large and well-grassed paddocks. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer viii An open, thinly-timbered, well-grassed country. 1923 H. D. Skinner Morioris Chatham Islands 12 The first part of the track from Waitangi to Owenga lies through well-grassed, hilly country. 1991 West Austral. (Perth) 8 July 1/1 Supporting this was a vast area of well grassed plain country quite suitable for irrigation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1573 |
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