turbary

turbary

English

Noun

turbary (plural turbaries)

1. A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel.
2. Material extracted from a turbary.
3. The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person's land.
   • Blackstone

     It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.

Usage notes

The third sense is more fully expressed legally as common of turbary.

Translations

piece of peatland

Finnish: turpeennostopaikka

material

Finnish: turve (fi)

right

Finnish: turpeennosto-oikeus