DCHP-1 Online

quaking bog

• n. a tract of land made up of spongy peat which quakes when walked or driven on.

  See also: muskeg  

  • 1858  (1860)  [We] entered a region of swamp, ridge and quaking bog of very formidable character.
  • 1908  The hunters described the inland country as a wilderness of sand-hills, surrounded by quaking-bogs, muskegs, and soft meadows.
  • 1965  But between these two outposts there were 14 miles of quaking swamp and muskeg which could engulf man and beast. . . .