peat bog

noun

1. a swamp in which peat has accumulated.

peat bog

1. See under bog

Word History and Origins

Origin of peat bog¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Here a peat-bog has encroached upon a fresh-water lake and has covered a mud bottom strewn with shells of pond-snails and mussels.

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The gateway in the outer wall fronted a peat-bog, the shore of which was some ten feet distant.

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The natural surroundings show that this fort was built when the peat-bog was a lake.

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One day, coming home from his work at the peat bog, he found the elders snuffling and sighing over their afternoon meal.

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Chat Moss is an immense peat bog of about twelve square miles in extent.

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Related Words

• bog
• marshland
• morass
• mud
• quagmire