grass plotn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːs plɒt/,

/ˈɡras plɒt/, U.S.

/ˈɡræs ˌplɑt/

Forms:

α. (grass plot): see grass n.¹ and plot n.

β. (grass plat): see grass n.¹ and plat n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, plat n.³, plot n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < grass n.¹ + plot n.; partly (in β. forms) < grass n.¹ + plat n.³

A piece of ground covered with turf, sometimes ornamented with flower beds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > lawn or grass-plot

grassOE

arbourc1380

harbour1505

green plot1566

grass plot1599

grass work1664

platband1725

lawn1733

garden lawn1771

short-grass1826

pelouse1853

α.

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Colúña rolliza A rowler to roule and make smooth and plaine any ground, grasse-plot, or corne ground.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 73 Here on this grasse-plot, in this very place To come, and sport.

1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus 46 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. Grass-plots bordered with Flowers.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 203. ⁋8 He may have Grass-plots in the greatest Perfection, if he will..water, mow, and roll them.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 Mr. Thornhill..intended that night giving the young ladies a ball by moonlight, on the grass-plot before our door.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. i. 56 A grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed..and such unsightly vegetation.

1957 Daily Mail 17 June 7/3 Millions of red mites invaded a block of council flats... Tenants blame a new grass plot.

2014 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 11 Sept. a5 The Dubuque Rescue Mission..converted a grass plot to gardens and a greenhouse.

β. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. xvii. 126 When your Chicks haue got strength, you shall feede them abroad in some close walled grasse-plat, where they cannot stray.1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. vi. 11 Others eying the best Grass-platts and best Situation for Farmes and large accommodations.1728 Capt. Hall in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 309 The Snake being ty'd and pinn'd down to a Grass-plat.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 141 Artificial grass-plats, gravel-walks, and tinkling rills.1897 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 553 A statue in the centre of the grassplat.1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 July 477/3 The solitary boy who loved the moonlight grass-plats and the summer fragrances of Kent.1991 B. Whitehead Dean it was that Died (BNC) 164 They went along..between the largest gothic window in the world..and the more homely Renaissance sundial on its grass plat on their left.2009 Times (Nexis) 24 Oct. 23 Those two great grass plats on the lower terrace..will be dug up to put back two, well-researched, apsidal-ended flower beds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grass plot
释义	grass plotn. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːs plɒt/, /ˈɡras plɒt/, U.S. /ˈɡræs ˌplɑt/ Forms: α. (grass plot): see grass n.¹ and plot n. β. (grass plat): see grass n.¹ and plat n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, plat n.³, plot n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < grass n.¹ + plot n.; partly (in β. forms) < grass n.¹ + plat n.³ A piece of ground covered with turf, sometimes ornamented with flower beds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > lawn or grass-plot grassOE arbourc1380 harbour1505 green plot1566 grass plot1599 grass work1664 platband1725 lawn1733 garden lawn1771 short-grass1826 pelouse1853 α. 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Colúña rolliza A rowler to roule and make smooth and plaine any ground, grasse-plot, or corne ground. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 73 Here on this grasse-plot, in this very place To come, and sport. View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus 46 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. Grass-plots bordered with Flowers. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 203. ⁋8 He may have Grass-plots in the greatest Perfection, if he will..water, mow, and roll them. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 Mr. Thornhill..intended that night giving the young ladies a ball by moonlight, on the grass-plot before our door. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. i. 56 A grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed..and such unsightly vegetation. 1957 Daily Mail 17 June 7/3 Millions of red mites invaded a block of council flats... Tenants blame a new grass plot. 2014 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 11 Sept. a5 The Dubuque Rescue Mission..converted a grass plot to gardens and a greenhouse. β. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. xvii. 126 When your Chicks haue got strength, you shall feede them abroad in some close walled grasse-plat, where they cannot stray.1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. vi. 11 Others eying the best Grass-platts and best Situation for Farmes and large accommodations.1728 Capt. Hall in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 309 The Snake being ty'd and pinn'd down to a Grass-plat.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 141 Artificial grass-plats, gravel-walks, and tinkling rills.1897 Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 553 A statue in the centre of the grassplat.1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 July 477/3 The solitary boy who loved the moonlight grass-plats and the summer fragrances of Kent.1991 B. Whitehead Dean it was that Died (BNC) 164 They went along..between the largest gothic window in the world..and the more homely Renaissance sundial on its grass plat on their left.2009 Times (Nexis) 24 Oct. 23 Those two great grass plats on the lower terrace..will be dug up to put back two, well-researched, apsidal-ended flower beds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599
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