turf

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
turf/tɜːf/

▶noun (pl. turfs or turves)

• 1 grass and the surface layer of earth held together by its roots.

  ■ a piece of turf cut from the ground.

• 2 (the turf) horse racing or racecourses generally.

• 3 informal an area regarded as someone's territory or sphere of activity: he did not like poachers on his turf.

▶verb

• 1 informal, chiefly Brit. force to leave: they were turfed off the bus.

• 2 cover with turf.

– derivatives
turfy adjective .

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.