grasslandn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːsland/,

/ˈɡrasland/,

/ˈɡrɑːslənd/,

/ˈɡraslənd/, U.S.

/ˈɡræsˌlænd/

Forms: see grass n.¹ and land n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, land n.¹

Etymology: < grass n.¹ + land n.¹Compare Old Frisian gerslond (West Frisian gerslân), Middle Dutch garslant, gorslant, grāslant (Dutch grasland), Middle Low German graslant ( > German Grasland (17th cent.)), Swedish gräsland (16th cent.). Earlier currency is implied by the surname Nicolao de la Garslonde (1296, Sussex). Compare also post-classical Latin graslonda (perhaps) land to be ploughed by the holder of grazing rights (1234 as garslonda).

1. Land covered with or producing grass, esp. as used for grazing; grassy open country, pastureland. Also: an area or expanse of such land, such as a meadow or prairie.Attested earliest as a field name.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture

leasowc950

leasea1000

pasturea1300

common pasturea1325

grassland1324

laund1340

lea1357

gang1413

feedingc1430

grassa1500

raika1500

beast-gate1507

pasturagec1515

grazing1517

average1537

pasture groundc1537

walk1549

grassing1557

pastural1575

browsing1577

feed1580

pastureland1591

meadow pasture1614

green side1616

range1626

pastorage1628

tore1707

graziery1731

pasturing1759

permanent pasture1771

sweet-veld1785

walk land1797

run1804

sweet-grass1812

potrero1822

pasturage land1855

turn-out1895

lawn1899

1324 Agreement between John Druweys & Robert Druweys (Wilts. & Swindon Hist. Centre 9/15/25) Tres acre iacent apud Mereweyesforlang.., due acre iacent apud Barewa.., due acre iacent apud Graslonde.., due acre iacent apud Holedich inter terram dicti prioris et dicti Philipi.

1400 Feoffment from John Coliere to John Hoge in Glynde Place Arch. (1964) 179 ½a. arable land in Garslond.

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xviii. 107 As it is thus excellent for Corne, so it is also very fruitfull and inriching to Grasse-land.

1682 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut 1678–89 (1859) 114 In any corn feild or grass land.

1697 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 212 About one acre of grasse land in the said meddowe.

1765 Museum Rusticum 3 325 Twenty Acres of Grass-Land.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 180 The conscious flocks..spread thro the grassland.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 5 Grass-land, when of good quality, is of the greatest value.

1920 Nature 27 May 408/2 It is too often the case that grassland is left to take care of itself, and that no steps are taken for its improvement.

1988 D. B. Bamforth Ecol. & Human Organization on Great Plains iii. 31 The major subjects of this chapter are the effects of climate, soils, and grazing on the amount and quality of forage a grassland can produce.

2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xii. 377 The Grain-to-Green program..gives grain subsidies to farmers who convert cropland to forest or grassland.

2. In plural in same sense.

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1787 Survey in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) (at cited word) All the grass lands in the Ings are laid out in Gads or swaths.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. vii. 149 Vast grasslands..covered in spring with the elysian asphodel.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xii. 224 The hairy chinch bug, Blissus hirtus , occurs commonly in grasslands, especially on golf greens and lawn, and is often injurious.

1977 S. Donaldson Lord Foul's Bane (1978) 207 Bluish grasslands and ploughed brown fields and new-green crops intervaled each other into the distance.

2017 New Scientist 8 July 39/1 And burning must have contributed to the wide-open savannah grasslands and the prevalence of fire-adapted species, such as eucalyptus.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (with the first element in singular form).

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1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 7 The vale of Berkley as a grassland dairy country.

1883 Standard 3 Apr. 3/5 It should be the aim of the grass-land farmer to summer as many and winter as few animals as possible.

1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. ii. i. 174 A good grassland climate is..composed of the following elements.

1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 41 During the 1920s farmers adopted the idea of intensive grassland farming.

2003 Amer. Cowboy Nov. 64/3 As he noted increasing damage and destruction of some big game species and their grassland habitats, his concern for conservation grew.

C2. General attributive (with the first element in plural form).

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1931 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 7 Nov. Economically increasing the production by the modern system of grasslands farming.

1954 Texas Jrnl. Sci. 6 258 The third species (Citellus richardsoni) is a grasslands species that ranges today from central South Dakota into southern Canada.

1971 N.Z. Foreign Affairs Rev. Feb. 11 New Zealand's present dependence on the British market for its sales of dairy products and lamb is the result of more than a century of planned specialisation in grasslands agriculture.

1997 M. Zuehlke Alberta Fact Bk. 207 Rough fescue is the characteristic native grass of Alberta's grasslands region.

2013 J. B. MacKinnon Once & Future World 204 The grizzly bear is a grasslands animal.

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

单词	grassland
释义	grasslandn. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːsland/, /ˈɡrasland/, /ˈɡrɑːslənd/, /ˈɡraslənd/, U.S. /ˈɡræsˌlænd/ Forms: see grass n.¹ and land n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, land n.¹ Etymology: < grass n.¹ + land n.¹Compare Old Frisian gerslond (West Frisian gerslân), Middle Dutch garslant, gorslant, grāslant (Dutch grasland), Middle Low German graslant ( > German Grasland (17th cent.)), Swedish gräsland (16th cent.). Earlier currency is implied by the surname Nicolao de la Garslonde (1296, Sussex). Compare also post-classical Latin graslonda (perhaps) land to be ploughed by the holder of grazing rights (1234 as garslonda). 1. Land covered with or producing grass, esp. as used for grazing; grassy open country, pastureland. Also: an area or expanse of such land, such as a meadow or prairie.Attested earliest as a field name. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture leasowc950 leasea1000 pasturea1300 common pasturea1325 grassland1324 laund1340 lea1357 gang1413 feedingc1430 grassa1500 raika1500 beast-gate1507 pasturagec1515 grazing1517 average1537 pasture groundc1537 walk1549 grassing1557 pastural1575 browsing1577 feed1580 pastureland1591 meadow pasture1614 green side1616 range1626 pastorage1628 tore1707 graziery1731 pasturing1759 permanent pasture1771 sweet-veld1785 walk land1797 run1804 sweet-grass1812 potrero1822 pasturage land1855 turn-out1895 lawn1899 1324 Agreement between John Druweys & Robert Druweys (Wilts. & Swindon Hist. Centre 9/15/25) Tres acre iacent apud Mereweyesforlang.., due acre iacent apud Barewa.., due acre iacent apud Graslonde.., due acre iacent apud Holedich inter terram dicti prioris et dicti Philipi. 1400 Feoffment from John Coliere to John Hoge in Glynde Place Arch. (1964) 179 ½a. arable land in Garslond. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xviii. 107 As it is thus excellent for Corne, so it is also very fruitfull and inriching to Grasse-land. 1682 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony Connecticut 1678–89 (1859) 114 In any corn feild or grass land. 1697 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 212 About one acre of grasse land in the said meddowe. 1765 Museum Rusticum 3 325 Twenty Acres of Grass-Land. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 180 The conscious flocks..spread thro the grassland. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 5 Grass-land, when of good quality, is of the greatest value. 1920 Nature 27 May 408/2 It is too often the case that grassland is left to take care of itself, and that no steps are taken for its improvement. 1988 D. B. Bamforth Ecol. & Human Organization on Great Plains iii. 31 The major subjects of this chapter are the effects of climate, soils, and grazing on the amount and quality of forage a grassland can produce. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xii. 377 The Grain-to-Green program..gives grain subsidies to farmers who convert cropland to forest or grassland. 2. In plural in same sense. ΚΠ 1787 Survey in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) (at cited word) All the grass lands in the Ings are laid out in Gads or swaths. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. vii. 149 Vast grasslands..covered in spring with the elysian asphodel. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xii. 224 The hairy chinch bug, Blissus hirtus , occurs commonly in grasslands, especially on golf greens and lawn, and is often injurious. 1977 S. Donaldson Lord Foul's Bane (1978) 207 Bluish grasslands and ploughed brown fields and new-green crops intervaled each other into the distance. 2017 New Scientist 8 July 39/1 And burning must have contributed to the wide-open savannah grasslands and the prevalence of fire-adapted species, such as eucalyptus. Compounds C1. General attributive (with the first element in singular form). ΚΠ 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 7 The vale of Berkley as a grassland dairy country. 1883 Standard 3 Apr. 3/5 It should be the aim of the grass-land farmer to summer as many and winter as few animals as possible. 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. ii. i. 174 A good grassland climate is..composed of the following elements. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 41 During the 1920s farmers adopted the idea of intensive grassland farming. 2003 Amer. Cowboy Nov. 64/3 As he noted increasing damage and destruction of some big game species and their grassland habitats, his concern for conservation grew. C2. General attributive (with the first element in plural form). ΚΠ 1931 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 7 Nov. Economically increasing the production by the modern system of grasslands farming. 1954 Texas Jrnl. Sci. 6 258 The third species (Citellus richardsoni) is a grasslands species that ranges today from central South Dakota into southern Canada. 1971 N.Z. Foreign Affairs Rev. Feb. 11 New Zealand's present dependence on the British market for its sales of dairy products and lamb is the result of more than a century of planned specialisation in grasslands agriculture. 1997 M. Zuehlke Alberta Fact Bk. 207 Rough fescue is the characteristic native grass of Alberta's grasslands region. 2013 J. B. MacKinnon Once & Future World 204 The grizzly bear is a grasslands animal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1324
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