turbary

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English turbarie (“place where peat is dug, peat bog; substance obtained from such a place, peat”), from Anglo-Norman turbarie, turberie, and Old French torberie, tourbarie, turbarie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba (“turf”) (whence Old French tourbe) + Latin -āria (suffix forming abstract nouns). Turba is derived from Proto-West Germanic *turb (“peat; turf”); from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“peat; turf”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“grass; tuft”). Doublet of turf. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːbəɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɜɹbəɹi/ Hyphenation: turb‧a‧ry === Noun === turbary (countable and uncountable, plural turbaries) (soil science) (uncountable) Peatland from which peat or turf may be cut for fuel; (countable) a piece of such land; a peat bog. (uncountable, by extension) (law) In full common of turbary: the right to cut peat or turf from peatland on a common or another person's land. Hypernym: profit à prendre (obsolete) Material extracted from peatland; peat. ==== Derived terms ==== subturbary turbary pig turbary sheep ==== Related terms ==== turbinaceous turf spade ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === turbary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia