grass-grown

English

Adjective

grass-grown

1. Covered with or overgrown with grass.
   • 1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R. in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 200:

     Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain.

   • 1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 279–280:

     There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.

   • 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 603:

     [...] Camerton Colliery has closed down and the railway sidings here are empty and grass-grown; [...].

Related terms

• moss-grown

References

• “grass-grown”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.