Sc. local. Also tarburt. [ad. Gael. tairbeart peninsula, isthmus.] A neck of land, an isthmus; hence, a portage between two lochs or navigable channels. (Also, a proper name of villages, etc., so situated.)
1843. Statist Acc. Scotl., VII. 136. A narrow isthmus or tarburt over which boats were drawn.
1875. W. M‘Ilwraith, Guide to Wigtownshire, 64. Advantage was taken of the conformation of the land to form a tarbet.
