turfy

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed of turf.

   “Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,”

   “The wind still sounds between the hills: and whistles through the grass of the rock. The firs fall from their place. The turfy hut is torn.”

   ““Can you see many long weeds and nettles amongst the graves; or do they look turfy and flowery?””

   “[…] the fields […] were brown, turfy and stiff, these fields where battles of the Hundred Years’ War had been fought,”

2. (obsolete)Relating to or involved with horses or horse-racing.

   “Good and fearless horse-women themselves, their whole delight seemed to be in the discussion of matters pertaining to the stable; and when meeting any young lady friend from a distance, the first questions were not enquiries after parents, sisters, brothers, or friends: no, nor even the lady-beloved talk of weddings and dress; but the discourse almost invariably took a “turfy” turn, that was, to say the least, unfeminine in the extreme.”

   “Made up with curls, wreaths, wings, white bismuth, and carmine, this hopeful young person soared into so pleasing a Cupid as to constitute the chief delight of the maternal part of the spectators; but, in private, where his characteristics were a precocious cutaway coat and an extremely gruff voice, he became of the Turf, turfy.”

   “When a Frenchman is horsey he never runs the risk of being mistaken for a groom or a jockey, as do his turfy compeers in England.”