turbary


Also found in: Legal, Wikipedia.
Related to turbary: Estovers, common of turbary

tur·ba·ry

 (tûr′bə-rē)
n. pl. tur·ba·ries
A place where peat can be dug; a peat bog.
[Middle English turbarie, from Anglo-Norman turberie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba, turf, of Germanic origin.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

turbary

(ˈtɜːbərɪ)
n, pl -ries
1. (Agriculture) land where peat or turf is cut or has been cut
2. (Law) Also called: common of turbary (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common
[C14: from Old French turbarie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba peat, turf]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in periodicals archive ?
They were used to regulate common rights, like estovers (the right to gather kindling) and turbary (the right to cut peat), and responsibilities, like the obligation to maintain drains and sea walls.
The micro-politics of water management in early modern England: Regulation and representation in Commissions of Sewers
It was believed that it is derived from the "turbary" sheep.
Craniometrie Characteristics and Cranial Indices of Polish Heath Sheep Rams--Extended Data/Caracteristicas Craneometricas e Indices Craneales de Ovejas Heath Polacas--Datos Ampliados
This left day-to-day management of the place in chaos, and sparked "unrest among tenants who vied for access to land, turbary and other rights" (23).
The famine in Strokestown
from 2002 to 2009, and served as president and CEO of the Turbary Group from 1997 to 2002.
Troy appoints Beck VP and general counsel
Apart from the rights of turbary, the Award mapped and numbered a series of small allotments, which were either sold or presented to named individuals.
The 'Hinterland' the incredible s ' nature reserve and saga of its creation; It took more than 30 years to acquire Ceredigion'svery nearly failed. Here Peter Walters Davies an's Cors Fochno as a National Nature Reserve - and the bid d James Robertson describe the tortuous twists and turns
The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary at Stonham Aspal near Ipswich also gives visitors the chance to get up close and personal with their favourite species, and the inviting woodland setting of Turbary Woods close to Preston in Lancashire is a haven for owls and other birds.
Owls about that... Flights of fancy
(88) Rights of common include turbary, pasture and piscary: Williams, above n 87, 461.
The Crown's radical and native title: lessons from the sea:
The infamous agent, William Steuart Trench, was commissioned to compile a report on the condition of the estate in 1843; such were the levels of destitution that there was a rent strike and arrests over turbary disputes.
Micheal McDermott, Gypsum Mining and the Shirley Estate in South Monaghan 1800-1936
Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?