turves

alternative turfs

1. pluralplural of turf (“piece of sod”)

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   "It's an old custom the people had when they bought and sold land. They used to cut out a clod and hand it over to the buyer, and you weren't lawfully seised of your land - it didn't really belong to you - till the other fellow had actually given you a piece of it - like this." He held out the turves.

   1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill

1. A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3396).