The outer Turfs are inclined so as to shed the rain.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
The noblest of England's rivers was seen, through "Turfs and shades and flowers," pursuing "its silver-winding way."
"The Disowned, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"Pray hurt him not; though he be dead He knows well who do love him, And who with green Turfs rear his head, And who do rudely move him.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury