c. 1200, in Scottish Latin, of unknown origin, probably from a Celtic root *pett- (cognates: Cornish peyth, Welsh peth "quantity, part, thing," Old Irish pet, Breton pez "piece"). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it, and the Celtic root may be connected to that of piece.
例文
1. Lean the plants against a wall and cover the roots with peat .
植物を壁に寄せて並べ、泥炭で根元を覆った。
2.In the course of the evening he gave me chapter and verse on the mosses of the Islay peat bogs.
一晩中、エレ島の泥炭沼のさまざまなコケについて詳しく語ってくれた。
3.Strongly acid peat soils are often low in calcium.
強酸性泥炭土は低カルシウムを呈することが多い。
4. Peat moss is a major constituent of most soil mixes.