The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sward pork
Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv["o]r?r skin, sward of the earth.]
Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.-
The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
The sward was trim as any garden lawn.
--Tennyson.Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]