ət noun
1.
Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
2.
Scot. a piece of turf.
Origin:
1530–40; orig. Scots, earlier deva(i)t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin
1530–40; orig. Scots, earlier deva(i)t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin
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| a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, esp by a golf club or by horses' hooves | |
| [C16: from Scottish, of obscure origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
divot
1530s, from Scot., lit. "piece of turf or sod" used for roofing material, etc., of unknown origin. The golfing sense is from 1886.
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divot definition[ˈdɪvət]
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