Turf

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Race course; horse racing;

— preceded by the.

II. Turf ·noun Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. ·see Peat.

III. Turf ·vt To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.

IV. Turf ·noun That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.