an area of land consisting of peat bogs, usually containing many species of flora and fauna
peatland in American English
(ˈpitˌlænd)
noun
an extensive tract of land where peat has formed
Word origin
[1905–10; peat1 + -land]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: persona, push-up, stabilizer, thiamine, white list-land is a combining form, used in the formation of compound words indicating a land ofa certain type. Other words that use the affix -land include: radioland, shadowland, vacationland, wasteland, wonderland
Examples of 'peatland' in a sentence
peatland
But there is no peatland in the vicinity.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
It also said that it was blocking old ditches that caused damage to peatland.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Others, smouldering underground in carbon-rich peatland, are said to be almost impossible to completely extinguish.