ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Peat-smoke

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Peat-smoke is a noun meaning Smoke from burning peat.

Meaning

Smoke from burning peat.

Example Sentences

For example: you smell peat-smoke, and you recall some occasion when you smelt it before.
Firelight and a cloud of peat-smoke met us on the threshold, and set me to coughing. Mixed with the peat-smoke was the wonderful odor of hot food.
And inland from the castle, nestling below it on the low-lying greensward of the peninsula, was an entire town of cot-houses and huts, over which hung a blue haze of peat-smoke.
“I would rather sleep on the fresh heather, as I have done many a night on less occasion,” said Roland Graeme, “than in that smoky garret of your father’s, that smells of peat-smoke and usquebaugh like a Highlander’s plaid.”

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