turf-roof

plural turf-roofs · alternative turf roof

1. A roof of a building covered over with turf.

   He thought it was too far to take the cow to the field where she generally grazed, so it struck him he would put her on the roof; the cottage had a turf-roof, and there was a splendid crop of grass growing there.

   1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 42

   Synonyms: sod roof