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turbary

/tur-buh-ree/US // ˈtɜr bə ri //UK // (ˈtɜːbərɪ) //

湍流,紊乱,涡轮机,紊乱的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tur·ba·ries.

    • : land, or a piece of land, where turf or peat may be dug or cut.
    • : Law. the right to cut turf or peat on a common land or on another person's land.

Examples

  • But during the Bronze period domesticated descendants of this variety grow numerous, and are crossed with the smaller turbary pig.

  • The first is the so-called turbary pig (Sus scrofa palustris).

  • The oldest turbary forms of domesticated animals appear here at least 1,500 years before the founding of the Swiss lake dwellings.

  • The turbary cattle appear to have been a small variety of the Bos namadicus, somewhat dwarfed by drought and hardship.

  • Turbary, tur′ba-ri, n. the right to go upon the soil of another and dig turf, and carry off the same: a place where peat is dug.