at grass

adjective

That has been put out to graze (of an animal); on grassland; grazing.

First used 16th c.

Meanings

adjectiveat grass (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat has been put out to graze (of an animal); on grassland; grazing.First known use 16th c.

    Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milkcar to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.

    1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
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