I. ˈlȯn, ˈlän noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Laon, town in northern France
1. : a sheer plainwoven cotton or linen fabric that is given various finishes (as semicrisp) when used for clothing
2.
[so called from the use of the fabric lawn for the sleeves of an Anglican bishop's offical dress]
: the office or dignity of a bishop
3.
a. : a lawn or silk sieve
b. : a brass or copper sieve of fine texture
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to screen (as pigment) through a lawn or silk screen
III. noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: alteration of laund
1. archaic
a. : an open space between woods : glade
b. : a level stretch on a mountainside
2. : ground covered with grass and not tilled ; especially : ground covered with fine grass kept closely mowed especially in front of or about a house or as part of a garden or park
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to make into or like a lawn