1657 in W. Cramond (1888) 46 Ilk persone to lead home..the peats castin by the saids people of Raphan and parishe.
a1866 W. Anderson (1867) 210 So many days at sowing time, so many at peat-casting, and driving home.
1931 J. Nicolson 41 When peat-cutting time came, it was the custom among the various crofters to have ‘peat castins’.
2000 (Nexis) 10 Sept. 10 A career in fencing, peat-casting, dry-stane dyking, plastering, roofing and carpentry.