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noun
A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, archaic
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noun
Such a turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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”).
