hellstrip

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English

A hellstrip with grass and a stump.

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Etymology

From hell +‎ strip. Coined by American horticulturalist and author Lauren Springer Ogden in the 1990s.[1][2]

Noun

hellstrip (plural hellstrips)

  1. A strip of land between a sidewalk and a street.
    Synonyms: road verge, parking strip, tree lawn

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References

  1. ^ Lauren Springer Ogden (1994) The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-resilient Beauty, page 6:I have a long rectangular corner lot encircled by concrete sidewalks, beyond which stretch 250 feet of narrow “hell strips,” areas owned by the municipality but to be maintained by the homeowner.
  2. ^ Michael Tortorello (2010) “Planting the Strip Between Sidewalk and Street”, in New York Times:The best, in my opinion, is “hell strip,” which was coined by the horticulturist and author Lauren Springer Ogden, who lives in Fort Collins, Colo., and Austin, Tex.