village green

English

Noun

village green (plural village greens)

1. (British) A patch of land at the centre of a village that is open to the public at all times.

   On May Day, the villagers used to dance around a maypole on the village green.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 194, about Gainford, Co. Durham:

     Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: dorpsbrink m
• German: Anger (de) m, Dorfanger m, (northern) Dorfbrink m
• Polish: nawsie (pl) n
• Welsh: maes pentref m