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Definition of Divot
1. Noun. (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke. "It was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot"
2. Noun. A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).
Definition of Divot
1. n. A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.
Definition of Divot
1. Noun. A torn up piece of turf (e.g. by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divot
1. a piece of turf [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divot
Literary usage of Divot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"... iron as against the full mashie—The swing—How not to loft—On scooping the
ball—Taking a divot—The running-up approach—A very valuable stroke—The club to ..."
2. History of Channelkirk by Archibald Allan (1900)
"... Prelacy, and Presbyterianism —Terror and Desolation—divot Renovation of
Kirks—Collections and Old Customs—The Lord's Supper—Liddell's " Laus Deo" and ..."
3. The Scots Revised Reports: Morison's Dictionary, 1 to 9424 (1908)
"It is every where laid down in our law-books, that a servitude of pasturage,
féal, and divot, may be acquired by prescription ; but, how can this be done ..."
4. Folk and Hero Tales by James MacDougall, Alfred Trübner Nutt (1891)
"But it may be that my father will tell thee." " Oh. is thy father alive, or can
I see him ?" " He is alive. Yonder he is carrying the divot on his back. ..."
5. Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition by Archibald Campbell (1891)
"But it may be that my father will tell thee." " Oh. is thy father alive, or can
I see him ?" " He is alive. Yonder he is carrying the divot on his back. ..."
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