swarded
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswɔɹdɪd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈswɔːdɪd/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
Adjective
swarded (not comparable)
- Covered with sward.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lady Geraldine's Courtship:
- But within this swarded circle, into which the lime-walk brings us —
Whence the beeches rounded greenly, stand away in reverent fear;
I will let no music enter, saving what the fountain sings us […]
References
- “swarded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.