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turfy
/ ˈtɜːfɪ /
adjective
- of, covered with, or resembling turf
- relating to or characteristic of horse racing or persons connected with it
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Derived Forms
- ˈturfiness, noun
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Other Words From
- turfi·ness noun
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Example Sentences
We passed together through the Bois de Boulogne, now amidst tall, green forests, now along the turfy shores of mirror-like lakes.
Many a gentle slope spread, as it were, a turfy apron in which reposed a little pool or lakelet.
Behind them a galloping horse drew near, softly pattering along the turfy road.
To be shaken out, and fresh potted in equal parts of turfy loam and heath soil and a little sand.
Fill pots with pieces of turfy peat the size of Walnuts, and peg them altogether until they form a cone above the pot.
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