lawn
noun
[ lɔːn ]
• an area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park.
• "she was sitting in a deckchair on the lawn"
Origin:
mid 16th century: alteration of dialect laund ‘glade, pasture’, from Old French launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
lawn
noun
• a fine linen or cotton fabric used for making clothes.
• "a white lawn shirt"
Origin:
Middle English: probably from Laon, the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture.
