velling

Verb

vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
   • For velling, the share is made wide, with the angle or outer point of the wing or fin turned upward, to separate the turf entirely from the soil1796, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the West of England

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