scraw

noun

ˈskrȯ

plural -s

Scottish & Irish

: a piece of turf : sod

not fit to lift scraws from off the field

—Augusta Gregory

Word History

Etymology

Irish Gaelic scraith & Scottish Gaelic sgrath

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