sward

Land covered with grassy turf.

A lawn or meadow.

A skin; a covering; especially, the hide of a beast, as of a hog.

The grassy surface of land; turf; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, forming a kind of mat. When covered with green grass it is called greensward.

To produce sward on; cover with sward.

To become covered with sward.

To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.

Skin; covering.

The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.

bacon in large fitches.