Mead

(meed), Mēad'ōw (mēd'ō), n. [A-S. mæd, mīdu, madu, meadu, genitive meadewes, D. mat, O. H. Ger. mato, genitive mataes, M. H. Ger. mate, N. H. Ger. matte.] A tract of low or level grass land, especially land somewhat wet, but covered with grass.

In the United States, the word is especially applied to the low ground on the banks of rivers, consisting of a rich mold or an alluvial soil. This species of land is called, in the Western States, bottoms, or bottom-land. The word is also used for any lands appropriated to the culture of grass. Mead is used chiefly in poetry.

a. Belonging, relating to, or growing in, a meadow.