greensward

• These I ascended with some difficulty, and, leaving a few scattered beech-trees behind, in full leaf, shortly bid adieu to summer, and entered the regions of spring; for, as I approached that part of the mountain next the summit, the trees, which I found there rooted in the crevices, were but just beginning to unfold their leaves, and every spot of the greensward was covered with cowslips and violets. —  Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
• The development will further cement Madison Square Park as an actual residential neighborhood-even if you'd be hard pressed to believe it at noon on a Wednesday, when the greensward is packed with 20-something creative types employed in the surrounding Class B office shanties. —  Home | The New York Observer
• The booted stomping through the greensward, the jungly target shooting? —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
• Next, the sick having been temporarily disposed of, there followed the strong and able-bodied, who took ashore with them spars, tackles, and spare sails, with which to rig up temporary tents; and soon the greensward was dotted with busy men, who, in the intervals of their labour, drank coconuts or eagerly devoured bananas, prickly pears, guavas, soursops, grapes, mangoes, and the various other fruits with which the island abounded. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
• And the greensward, and the shadows, and the sunlight, and the atmosphere, and the mistiness--isn't it like pearl-dust and gold-dust floating in the air? —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)

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