Sentence:  But the fences were still in place fifty odd years ago , and when we stood on the gate to look over , the sidewalk under our eyes was not cement but two rows of paving stones with <WSD>grass</WSD> between and on both sides . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay