turfingn.
/ˈtəːfɪŋ/ The action of turf v. Also attributive. turfing-iron n. a tool for raising turf. turfing-spade n. a spade used in digging peat, a peat-spade.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > turf- or peat-cutter
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grass or hay
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1653 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved (new ed.) x. 69 The Turving Spade.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 249 To be pared off the ground with a turfing Spade.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Turf, or Green Turf, Earth cover'd with small and very short Grass; its done two ways either by sowing or Turfing.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 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.
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 898/1 The Turfing Iron is for raising or peeling off the turves from the soil.
1896 S. Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls v. 131 Her wants to take the washing..and the turving out o' my hands.
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