turbary

[tur-buh-ree]

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.

Origin of turbary

1275–1325; Middle English turbarye < Medieval Latin turbāria, equivalent to turb(a) turf + -āria -ary1

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Examples from the Web for turbary

Historical Examples of turbary

The Pastor had a sort of turbary right, which supplied him with the latter.
A Danish Parsonage
John Fulford Vicary
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
It would be strange to my purpose to discuss the details of common of estovers, of turbary, or of fishery.
Villainage in England
Paul Vinogradoff
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
After some further discussion Mr. Hunter warned the people off his farm and declared their supposed "turbary" rights at an end.
Disturbed Ireland
Bernard H. Becker

British Dictionary definitions for turbary

turbary

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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