sward

• For a distance of about half a mile inland from the beach the ground was carpeted with a smooth velvety green-sward, the rest of the island appeared to be densely wooded That will do!" —  The Missing Merchantman
• A mast was planted on a sward, and to the top of it a living dove was secured by a cord. —  The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10)
• Picnic parties encamp on the green sward, and excursionists amuse themselves in strolling along the walls and wonder why they were built so thick, and imagine that the castle was always a ruin erected for the amusement of the cheap-tripper for jest and playground. —  Vanishing England
• The sward was the brilliantly green, luxuriant wild growth that in these islands covers every foot of earth surface. —  White Shadows in the South Seas
• Many others were flung on the sward, and more rose again to the dance, singing and shouting and demanding more rum. —  White Shadows in the South Seas

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms