turfless
- a word derived from turf.
Example Sentences
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But the drill with the field pieces is held on the cavalry plain, a broad, turfless field just south of the camp.
From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Sinclair, Upton
Up and down, down and up, ding dong, hammer and tongs, east, west, north and south of that turfless, sand-strewn area surged the tide of battle.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
Issuing from the Bad Lands the jaded column had been plodding all day long, though with frequent enforced rests, through a rolling sea of barren, turfless earth.
From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.
And now my love is thwarted That reaches back to you and searches round, And dares not look on that harsh turfless mound.
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
