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English citations of grasstop Noun: "the tip of a blade or stalk of grass" [ edit ]
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1987 — David Brin , The Uplift War , Bantam Spectra (1995), →ISBN , page 295 :
How close he didn't realize until the machine slipped over the grasstops , coming into view just two meters away. 1992 — Delia Owens & Mark Owens, The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness , Houghton Mifflin (1992), →ISBN , page 151 :
Flashing over the camp, I yank Zulu Sierra around and drop to the grasstops , bearing down on a gaggle of eight to ten poachers who are running away. 2004 — John Ringo & Michael Z. Williamson , The Hero , Baen Books (2004), →ISBN , page 49 :
He kept it quiet and low to the ground, wiped off on his sleeve and rose back to a low crawl below the grasstops . Noun: "an expanse covered in grass" [ edit ]
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1891 — M. A. H., "The Little Brown Fairies ", The Oberlin Review , Volume XIX, Number 11, 1 December 1891:
Some kiss the grasstop , so quick a caress,
The poor timid grass has no time for redress, 1989 — Howard Frank Mosher , A Stranger in the Kingdom , Mariner Books (2002), →ISBN , page 114 :
The second batter hit a scorcher along the grasstop to my right. 2010 — David Palmer, "Rain, snow mix arrives but few problems expected ", The Cullman Times , 29 November 2011:
“One thing to keep in mind is that the temperatures are still very warm (Monday), which would prevent a lot of serious accumulation. You can expect to see some on the grasstop or the tops of some cars,” said Kurt Weber, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Huntsville.