English Explanatory Dictionary

scraw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

scraw scraws

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”).

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