greensward

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English sward English greensward From green + sward.

1. A tract of land that is green with grass.

   “This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […]”

   “Ventagladia is also a Latin form of the name Vindogladia, and would, as it seems to me, be a good name for the broad reach of greensward below, above and south of Woodyates' Inn. Gwent gledd would mean the open or unenclosed land of greensward.”