lawn

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lawn1 / lôn/ • n. an area of short, mown grass in a yard, garden, or park.DERIVATIVES: lawned adj.lawn2 • n. a fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes.DERIVATIVES: lawn·y adj.

lawn

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lawn2 (arch.) open space between woods XVI; portion of level grass-covered ground kept mown XVIII. Later form of laund glade—OF. launde (mod. lande), of Celt. orig. (see LAND).

lawn

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lawn1 kind of fine linen. XV. prob. f. Laon, name of a town in France, an important place of linen manufacture.

lawn

views updated May 29 2018

lawn fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes, especially the sleeves of a bishop, from which it is used allusively. It is probably named from the French city of Laon, important for linen manufacture.

Lawn

views updated Jun 11 2018

Lawn (lɔːn) Computing local area wireless network