PLEASURE-GROUND
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 25
That portion of ground adjoining a dwelling in the country which is exclusively devoted to ornamental and recreative purposes. In the ancient style of card ruing, the pleasure-ground was laid out in straight ilar or symmetrical forms, commonly borrowed from architecture; but, in the modern style, it is laid out in winding walks, and in forms borrowed direct from nature. A portion of lawn or smooth gra y surface may be considered as e ential to the pleasure-ground under both [s. 959]
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