Found 2 items, similar to sward.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sward sward n : surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots [syn: turf, sod, greensward]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sward Sward \Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.] To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r skin, sward of the earth.] 1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. [1913 Webster] The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]