Etymology

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Today it means: A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field. Full definition →

Irish scrath
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  1. Irish · derived fromscrath“a turf”
  2. English todayscraw

From Irish scrath (“a turf”), sgraith (“a turf, green sod”), akin to Scottish Gaelic sgrath, sgroth (“the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.