Definition of Turfing

1. n. The act or process of providing or covering with turf.

Definition of Turfing

1. Verb. (present participle of turf) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turfing

1. turf [v] - See also: turf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turfing

turf accountants
turf bank
turf out
turf toe
turf war
turf wars
turfdom
turfdoms
turfed
turfen
turfier
turfiest
turfiness
turfing (current term)
turfing daisy
turfings
turfite
turfites
turfless
turflike
turfman
turfmen
turfs
turfski
turfskiing
turfskiings
turfskis
turfy

Literary usage of Turfing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"turfing.—On account of the care and trouble necessary to seed a lawn it is a common practice in cities to produce results quickly by laying on fresh turf ..."

2. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... CHAPTER XII NOVEMBER Giant Christmas Rose—Hardy Chrysanthemums—Sheltering tender shrubs—turfing by inoculation—Transplanting large trees— Sir Henry ..."

3. Cape Cod Cranberries by James Webb (1886)
"CLEARING AND turfing. In clearing a bog, we first mow off all the bushes and low undergrowth. Next, we cut the principal ..."

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