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turfing, vbl. n.|ˈtɜːfɪŋ|
[f. turf v.1 or n.1 + -ing1.]
The action of turf v.1 Also attrib. turfing-iron, a tool for raising turf; turfing-spade, a spade used in digging peat, a peat-spade.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 69 [Figure of] The Turving Spade. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 249 To be pared off the ground with a turfing Spade. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict., Turf, or Green Turf, Earth cover'd with small and very short Grass; its done two ways either by sowing or Turfing. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 173 Take a piece of turf four feet by four feet, shaped out with the edging-iron, and taken up with the turfing or floating spade. 1852G. W. Johnson Gard. Dict. 898/1 The Turfing Iron is for raising or peeling off the turves from the soil. 1896[see turf v.1 3]. |