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fail and divot en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of feal and divot.
    • Turf 'Fail and divot' masked the wooden components of the shieling buildings. 1990, Albert Bil, The Shieling, 1600-1840, page 244:
    • At Tarves in 1684 the tradesmen valuators referred to mason work, dry-stone work, mud work, cassie work (cobbling), fail and divot work. 1970, Ulster Folklife - Volumes 15-16, page 28:
    • Until within these last twenty years, the tenants on other two estates were entitled to carry fail and divot from this moor, for repairing their houses. 1808, The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: