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Definition of Plot of ground
1. Noun. A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation. "A briar patch"
Specialized synonyms: Bed, Garden
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plot Of Ground
Literary usage of Plot of ground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Past by. "With order that all faults by-past should be forgiven." Bowel Correspondence,
1582. BY-PLOT, ». A plot of ground out of the public way. ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A plot of ground on which weavers stretch their warps. West. STRETCHER,».
The board in a boat against which a rower places his feet. STRE'T,». ..."
3. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"On the which plot of ground the lease built three fair tenements, and placed
tenants there ; these were charged to bear scot and lot, and some of them to ..."
4. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 by Fanny Kemble (1864)
"... some noble-looking evergreen oaks, and close to the house itself a tiny would-be
garden, a plot of ground with one or two peach-trees in full blossom, ..."
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