returfingn.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈtəːfɪŋ/, U.S.

/riˈtərfɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: returf v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < returf v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action or fact of laying down new turf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grass or hay

turfing1725

meadowing1733

returfing1874

regrassing1878

1874 Blue May 104 The Metropolitan Board of Works is at present subjecting it to medical treatment in the shape of drainage and re-turfing.

1930 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 11 The turf was worn bare and past recovery. This necessitated a considerable amount of re-turfing.

1978 Nature 7 Sept. 51/2 The ground levels within the stones of Stonehenge have been altered during the last 25 yr by re-turfing, by the laying of gravel in 1963 and by its replacement with turf in 1978.

2007 Glebe & Inner City News (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 54 Labor MP Carmel Tebbutt committed $250,000 for the returfing of the Newtown Jets home ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	returfing
释义	returfingn. Brit. /ˌriːˈtəːfɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈtərfɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: returf v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < returf v. + -ing suffix¹. The action or fact of laying down new turf. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grass or hay turfing1725 meadowing1733 returfing1874 regrassing1878 1874 Blue May 104 The Metropolitan Board of Works is at present subjecting it to medical treatment in the shape of drainage and re-turfing. 1930 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 11 The turf was worn bare and past recovery. This necessitated a considerable amount of re-turfing. 1978 Nature 7 Sept. 51/2 The ground levels within the stones of Stonehenge have been altered during the last 25 yr by re-turfing, by the laying of gravel in 1963 and by its replacement with turf in 1978. 2007 Glebe & Inner City News (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 54 Labor MP Carmel Tebbutt committed $250,000 for the returfing of the Newtown Jets home ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874
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