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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

turfen en · ADJ

Etymology

From turf + -en.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Made of turf; covered with turf.
    • turfen steps
    • […] the shepherds of Desvres were seen at a distance betaking themselves to the insufficient shelter of the turfen hovels dotted upon the cote to afford them a retreat from the vicissitudes of the atmosphere. 1831, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, The Tuileries, volume 3, page 175: