muskeg

English

Etymology

From Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

muskeg (countable and uncountable, plural muskegs)

  1. (Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
    • 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 2:
      Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs.
    • 1959 March, “New Railways in Quebec”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
      Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Maskek. Cree Dictionary
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