'Sward' definitions:
Definition of 'sward'
(from WordNet)
noun
Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots [syn: turf, sod, sward, greensward]
Definition of 'Sward'
From: GCIDE
- Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r skin, sward of the earth.]
- 1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. [1913 Webster]
- The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sward'
From: GCIDE