Meaning of peat-smoke | Babel Free

Definitions

Smoke from burning peat.

uncountable

Examples

““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.””

“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.”

“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.”

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