Definition of "turves" []

• A plural of turf. (noun)

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• "When Hugh was gone, with his own cares to keep him fully occupied, and his errand in friendship faithfully discharged, Cadfael damped down his brazier with turves, closed his workshop, and went away to the church."
• "It's pay-off time and will counter the girlie brigade when he turves-out Hewitt Jowell etc."
• "Results from experiments with intact turves from a managed lowland New Zealand pasture in controlled environment conditions have demonstrated the following: that elevated CO2 results in an increase in net primary productivity, particularly below ground Newton et al."