hop garden

Definitions

A field, fields or farm where hops are grown.

British

Equivalents

Examples

“On leaving Wye, we find⟳ the country changing character; the Downs come⟳ closer to the line, and grazing gives way to orchards and hop-gardens, with pleasant farm buildings, including oasthouses, another characteristic Kentish sight.”

“The line is now well into the Wealden hills. Running along the Teise valley, the slopes of which are covered in hop gardens, it falls at gradients of 1 in 106 and 213 to Goudhurst, 6⅜ miles out, [...].”

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