Lexicographical Neighbors of Greaving
Literary usage of Greaving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"... TURF-greaving TIME, Autumn, when the farmers near the moors, greave or slice
the turves off the ground with a spade, and place them in small stacks to ..."
2. A glossary of Yorkshire words and phrases, collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"TCRF-greaving TIME, Autumn, when the farmers near the moors, greave or slice the
turves off the ground with a spade, and place them in small stacks to dry, ..."
3. Caledonian Sketches by John Carr (1809)
"It is in contemplation to enlarge the reservoirs this summer; and perhaps a
greaving-dock, and some other useful works, might be executed, if Government ..."
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