Meanings
- Covered with or overgrown with grass.
[...] Camerton Colliery has closed down and the railway sidings here are empty and grass-grown; [...].
1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 6032 more examples
Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain.
1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R. in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 200There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.
1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 279–280
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