Talk:Lawn

Early Naming

The term "lawn", referring to a managed grass space, dates to at least the 16th century.

The word "laune" is first attested in 1540 from the Old French lande "heath, moor, barren land; clearing"

Not really:

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Its nature is still more characterised in ‘Robert de Greneslade,’ that is, the green-slade; ‘William de la Morslade,’ the moorland-slade; ‘Richard de Wytslade,’ the white-slade; ‘Michael de Ocslade,’ the oak-slade, and ‘William de Waldeslade,’^[115] the forest-slade (weald); ‘Sladen,’ that is, slade-den, implies a woodland hollow. As a local term there is a little difference betwixt it and ‘launde,’ only the latter has no suspicion of indenture about it. A launde was a pretty and rich piece of grassy sward in the heart of a forest, what we should now call an open wood, in fact. Thus it is we term the space in our gardens within the surrounding shrubberies lawns. Chaucer says of Theseus on hunting bent—

To the launde he rideth him ful right

There was the hart wont to have his flight.

In the ‘Morte Arthur,’ too, we are told of hunting—

At the hartes in these hye laundes.

This is the source of more surnames than we might imagine. Hence are sprung our ‘Launds,’ ‘Lands,’ ‘Lowndes,’ ‘Landers,’ in many cases, and our obsolete ‘Landmans.’ The forms, as at first met with, are equally varied. We have ‘atte-Lond,’ ‘de la Laund,’ and ‘de la Lande,’ while the origin of our ‘Lunds’ shows itself in ‘de la Lund.’

Bardsley: English surnames: 1875 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59959/59959-h/59959-h.htm

Claverhouse (talk) 01:04, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Wrong definition

The definition is wrong because lawn does not have to be cut. Many cities in the world don't mow their lawns at all or only some of them. Also, lawn does not have to have grass or other herbs. Sometimes all the herbs were trampled by people or destroyed by car tires, but it's still a lawn - ground where herbs used to be.Nemohuman (talk) 11:20, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

when André Le Nôtre designed Palace of Versailles

Andre Le Notre died in 15 September 1700 according to your own article on him. It seems unlikely that the gardens of Versailles were designed by him in the 1700's. I am not familiar with how this works but I think someone should check on this date or replace "1700's" with "1600's to 1700's" if that is appropriate. ~2026-32035-51 (talk) 19:45, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Social impact of lawns

A very current example - Greg the Third Baby is/was a lawn care influencer on YouTube.

Citation: Ronson, Jon (2026) The castle. ~2026-47621-85 (talk) 03:02, 3 September 2026 (UTC)