recreation ground

an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children Often (informal) shortened to: rec

Words nearby recreation ground

Good scholars are as easy to discover in the recreation-ground as in the classroom.

Jonathan and His Continent |Max O'Rell
A number of huts were therefore built on what had hitherto been the recreation-ground.

Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 |Karl Spindler
Except in a dance and in sports at a picnic or recreation-ground no man had ever put his arms around her.

Carnac's Folly, Complete |Gilbert Parker
The recreation-ground was a sandy yard, in which stood eight plane-trees, which in summer cast cool shadows around.

Abbe Mouret's Transgression |Emile Zola

The fjelds furnish a recreation-ground for the Norwegian townsman.

Peeps at Many Lands: Norway |A.F. Mockler-Ferryman