sward Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
    turf; greensward; sod.

WordNet

Sward noun
Etymology
AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svörr skin, sward of the earth.
Definitions
  1. Skin; covering. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
  2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
    The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson.
Sward transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Swarded ; present participle & verbal noun Swarding
Definitions
  1. To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.

Webster 1913