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divot

[div-uh t]
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noun
  1. Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
  2. Scot. a piece of turf.
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Origin of divot

1530–40; orig. Scots, earlier deva(i)t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin
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Historical Examples

  • Those who eat and chatter, kiss hands and smile, but never take a divot are losers of something that is heartening.

    The Happy Golfer

    Henry Leach

  • Scottish boys often weight it at the end with a "divot" which is a little piece of actual turf, both grass and root, all together.

  • He quietly lifted the lower edge of a divot on the roof, and peeped in to see what was going on.

    Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire

    John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot

  • Before applying for the job our young friend Foozle would like to know whether he will be required to replace the divot.

British Dictionary definitions for divot

divot

noun
  1. a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, esp by a golf club or by horses' hooves
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Word Origin

C16: from Scottish, of obscure origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for divot

n.

1530s, from Scottish, literally "piece of turf or sod" used for roofing material, etc., of unknown origin. The golfing sense is from 1886.

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