quaking bog

American  

noun

1. a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.

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Example Sentences

The woods into which The Southerner had flopped is dense, cut-over timber, growing out of a dank, quaking bog.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Anyhow, there will be solid ground at the bottom, not a quaking bog."

From Three Margarets by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

First Aunt: There is a good dyke around about the marshes, and a sort of quaking bog.

From Three Wonder Plays by Gregory, Lady

Now that we know how to camp on solid ground and on the quaking bog we cannot finish up the subject of stilt camps without including one over-water camp.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter

A marsh in which, from its concave and impermeable bottom, the waters remain stagnant, rendering the surface a quaking bog.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir