bə noun, plural tur·ba·ries.
1.
land, or a piece of land, where turf or peat may be dug or cut.
2.
Law. the right to cut turf or peat on a common land or on another person's land.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English turbarye < Medieval Latin turbāria, equivalent to turb(a) turf + -āria -ary1
1275–1325; Middle English turbarye < Medieval Latin turbāria, equivalent to turb(a) turf + -āria -ary1
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | land where peat or turf is cut or has been cut |
| 2. | Also called: common of turbary (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common |
| [C14: from Old French turbarie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba peat, | |
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