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Turbary definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUR'BARY, n. [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]
1. In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary, is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf on the lord's waste.
2. The place where turf is dug.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) Brit. 1 the right of digging turf on common ground or on another's ground. 2 a place where turf or peat is dug. Etymology: ME f. AF turberie, OF tourberie f. tourbe TURF

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Turbary Tur"ba*ry, n.; pl. Turbaries. [LL. turbaria a place for digging peat, from turba peat. See Turf.] (Eng. Law) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.