turbary
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Is turbary a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Peatland from which peat or turf may be cut for fuel; (countable) a piece of such land; a peat bog.Examples: "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."uncountable
2. (uncountable, by extension)Examples: "Common of piſcary is a liberty of fiſhing in another man's waters; as common of turbary is a liberty of digging turf upon another's ground. […] All theſe bear a reſemblance to common of paſture in many reſpects; thought in one point they go much farther: common of paſture being only a right of feeding on the herbage and veſture of the ſoil, which renews annually; but common of turbary, and the reſt, are a right of carrying away the very ſoil itſelf."broadlycountableuncountable
3. (uncountable, by extension)broadlycountableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary