turbary

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English turbarie, from Anglo-Norman turberie and its etymon Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba (turf), from Proto-West Germanic *turb; compare turf.

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Noun

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turbary (countable and uncountable, plural turbaries)

  1. A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel.
    • 1970, Heðin Brú, translated by John F. West, The Old Man and his Sons, Telegram, published 2011, page 161:
      ‘But remember this, it doesn't pay to set yourself against me, because I own both the infield and the turbary in the village, and without my leave, you'll get neither milk nor fuel.’
  2. Material extracted from a turbary.
  3. The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person's land.

Usage notes

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The third sense is more fully expressed legally as common of turbary.

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