doughty brave.
haywards local officials in charge of pastures and fences.
league a distance of roughly three miles.
mere a lake or pool.
pipeweed a dried plant similar to tobacco.
smials tunnels.
the Third Age the time of the story, beginning with the Isildur's defeat of Sauron and ending with the destruction of the One Ring.
turves plural of turf; pieces of sod grass.
