fail and divot

fail and divot

English

Noun

fail and divot (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of feal and divot
   • 1808, The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture:

     Until within these last twenty years, the tenants on other two estates were entitled to carry fail and divot from this moor, for repairing their houses.

   • 1970, Ulster Folklife - Volumes 15-16, page 28:

     At Tarves in 1684 the tradesmen valuators referred to mason work, dry-stone work, mud work, cassie work (cobbling), fail and divot work.

   • 1990, Albert Bil, The Shieling, 1600-1840, page 244:

     Turf 'Fail and divot' masked the wooden components of the shieling buildings.