grassplot

English

Etymology

From grass +‎ plot.

Noun

grassplot (plural grassplots)

1. (US and 19th century English) A lawn.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 211:

     Before the bell could be rung, she had stepped through the casement-window, which opened into her little front grassplot, and flown to open the garden door.

2. (US) An area of grass on which cars may be parked.