turbary

A place where peat can be dug; a peat bog.

In law, a right of digging turf on another man’s land.

A peat-bog, peat-moor, or peat-swamp; any locality where peat occurs in considerable quantity. See the quotation under peat-moor.

A right of digging turf on another man’s land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

A piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel.

Material extracted from a turbary.

The right to cut turf from a turbary on a common or in some cases, another person’s land.