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turbary.

Peatland from which peat or turf may be cut for fuel; (countable) a piece of such land; a peat bog.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɜːbəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɜɹbəɹi/General-American
  1. Peatland from which peat or turf may be cut for fuel; (countable) a piece of such land; a peat bog.

    uncountable
  2. In full common of turbary: the right to cut peat or turf from peatland on a common or another person's land.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
  3. Material extracted from peatland; peat.

    broadly · countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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