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.
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.
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'.