aftergrassn.
/ˈɑːftəɡrɑːs/, /ˈaftəɡras/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌɡræs/ The second crop of grass which grows after the first has been mown or harvested; new grass after mowing or harvest.
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edgrewc1440
rowen1440
eddish1468
aftermath1496
lattermath1510
after-pasturec1541
fog1570
roughingsc1575
etch1580
aftergrass1587
eddish-grass1610
edge-growth1610
eatagea1642
lattermowth1661
eegrass1669
ear-grass1686
etch-crop1704
after-mowth1711
afterfeed1714
roweta1722
rowety grassa1722
aftergrowth1766
foggage1775
after-eatage1781
roughet1890
1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell i. 70 As for your draught oxen yee cannot giue them to much meate, except it bee the after grasse of a lowe mowed meddowe.
1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. vii. 99 If they [sc. fat cattell] feede abroad, and take the benefit of Foggs and after-grasse, then to fodder them Morning, Euening, and high-noone is fully sufficient.
1668 J. Worlidge Kalendarium Rusticum in Systema Agric. (1669) 237 About the end of this Month you may Mow your after-grass.
a1726 N. Brady Several Serm. (1730) III. xlii. 301 The Rain, which causeth the After-grass to spring up and prosper.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 104 Their After-grass, of which they make a sort of rank Hay.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vii. 202 The after-grass..is usually fed off.
1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes in J. Wilkinson Select Views 35 The tender green of the after-grass upon the meadows.
1855 W. G. Heathman Switzerland in 1854–5 xi. 172 The after grass of the previous summer becomes the food of the chamois.
1896 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 29 Mar. 26/1 The interspaces were very goldeny green with fresh springing aftergrass.
1915 Elgin Dairy Rep. 13 Nov. The pastures are keeping up in excellent condition, the after grass being long and good feed.
1958 T. H. White Once & Future King (1967) 336 It was a grey September day, with the blue and copper butterflies flitting in the after-grass.
2001 S. Heaney Electric Light 24 I saw men cutting aftergrass with scythes, Beehives in clover, a windlass and a shrine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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