Lawn
Lawn (lan) , noun
[Old English laund, launde, French lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; compare Welsh llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.]
1.
An open space between woods. — Milton
“Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.”
2.
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Collocations (2)
Lawn mower , a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.
Lawn tennis , a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
Lawn , noun
[Earlier laune lynen, that is, lawn linen; prob. from the town Laon in France.]
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.