brown bent

American  

noun

1. a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.

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Etymology

Origin of brown bent

First recorded in 1860–65; so called from its dark tufts

Example Sentences

He looked coldly, from before the fire, over the prettiness of her brown bent head.

From The Awkward Age by James, Henry

Now and then we would whirl past a carrier—a brown, bent man with one of those great sleds on his shoulders, toiling with it up the long, steep hill.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

An old man, brown, bent and wrinkled, was digging about the shrubbery, perhaps preparing some of the plants for their winter sleep.

From The Purchase Price by Hough, Emerson

The coals glowed on the hearth; side by side, the fair head and the brown bent at the task of tuning.

From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

He went with a long swinging step very light and swift, springing from tussock to tussock of dried brown bent in the marshy places.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)