turbary

[ tur-buh-ree ]

/ ˈtɜr bə ri /

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noun, plural tur·ba·ries.

land, or a piece of land, where turf or peat may be dug or cut.

Law. the right to cut turf or peat on a common land or on another person's land.

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Origin of turbary

1275–1325; Middle English turbarye <Medieval Latin turbāria, equivalent to turb(a) turf + -āria -ary

Words nearby turbary

turaco, turangawaewae, Turanian, turban, turban squash, turbary, turbellarian, turbid, turbidimeter, turbidite, turbidity

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How to use turbary in a sentence

But during the Bronze period domesticated descendants of this variety grow numerous, and are crossed with the smaller turbary pig.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
The first is the so-called turbary pig (Sus scrofa palustris).
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
The oldest turbary forms of domesticated animals appear here at least 1,500 years before the founding of the Swiss lake dwellings.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
The turbary cattle appear to have been a small variety of the Bos namadicus, somewhat dwarfed by drought and hardship.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler

Turbary, tur′ba-ri, n. the right to go upon the soil of another and dig turf, and carry off the same: a place where peat is dug.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for turbary

turbary

/ (ˈtɜːbərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

land where peat or turf is cut or has been cut

Also called: common of turbary (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common

Word Origin for turbary

C14: from Old French turbarie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba peat, turf

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