scraw
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]scraw (plural scraws)
- (Ireland, archaic) A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
- A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.