The test tube experiment should now be made with a narrow-leaved grass like sheep's fescue and with a wide-leaved grass like cocksfoot.
"Lessons on Soil"
E. J. Russell
He was pulling at the heads of the cocksfoot grass as he walked.
"The Trespasser"
D.H. Lawrence
There was little knowledge of the various sorts of grasses at this time, and to Young is due the credit of introducing the cocksfoot, and crested dog's tail.
"A Short History of English Agriculture"
W. H. R. Curtler