turbary
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.
Origin of turbary
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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. TylerThe first is the so-called turbary pig (Sus scrofa palustris).
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThe 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. TylerThe 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. Tylerturbary, 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.
British Dictionary definitions for turbary
/ (ˈtɜːbərɪ) /
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
Origin of turbary
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