Definition of turbary in English:
turbary
(also common of turbary)
nounPlural turbaries ˈtəːb(ə)ri
mass nounBritish 1The legal right to cut turf or peat for fuel on common ground or on another person's ground.
〈英〉（在公地或他人土地上的）泥炭采掘权
Example sentencesExamples
- Many bog owners and people with turbary rights cut turf on an acre plot.
- The profit of turbary is the right to cut turf or peat, usually in order to burn it.
- Public notices also warned against the letting of gardens or turbary to the police.
- People with turbary rights can sell peat at 85% of these prices.
- Typical rights might include turbary or grazing rights.
- 1.1count noun A place where turf or peat is dug or cut under the right of turbary.
泥炭采掘场
Example sentencesExamples
- The peat produced in these turbaries was sometimes used within the manor or priory, but a large proportion was sold.
- Turf banks and turbaries are held under all sorts of conditions.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French turberie, from Old French tourbe 'turf'.