释义 |
swarded, ppl. a.|ˈswɔːdɪd| [f. sward n. or v. + -ed.] Covered with a sward or grassy turf; turfed.
1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 65 The swardit soyll enbrovd wyth selcouth hewis. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 231 To pare off the Turf of soarded-Land. 1788J. Hurdis Village Curate (1797) 48 A green swarded wain⁓way. 1800― Fav. Village 131 The mellow ground Along the swarded vale. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 351 The..escape of rain-fall from the surface of cleared and swarded land. 1879Stevenson Trav. Donkey 173 Many..chestnuts stood together, making an aisle upon a swarded terrace. |