scraw

English

Etymology

From Irish scrath (“a turf”), sgraith (“a turf, green sod”), akin to Scottish Gaelic sgrath, sgroth (“the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod”).

Noun

scraw (plural scraws)

  1. (Ireland, archaic) A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
  2. A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

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