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tur⋅ba⋅ry

[tur-buh-ree]
–noun, plural -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; ME turbarye < ML turbāria, equiv. to turb(a) turf + -āria -ary1
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tur·ba·ry   (tûr'bə-rē)   
n.   pl. tur·ba·ries
A place where peat can be dug; a peat bog.

[Middle English turbarie, from Anglo-Norman turberie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba, turf, of Germanic origin.]
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