moss-peat

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noun Peat derived chiefly from moss, as distinguished from that derived from other plants, such as wild rice, etc. See peat.

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The latter was originally applied to fibrous moss-peat, but has since been adapted to all kinds.

Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel 1869
It was built of moss-peat, being no less than five feet ten inches in length, four feet nine inches wide, and two feet deep.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 William Edward Parry 1822
As the wind still continued to blow strong from the northward on the morning of the 6th, without any appearance of opening a passage for us past Cape Hearne, I took the opportunity of sending all our boats from both ships at eight A.M., to bring on board a quantity of moss-peat which our gentlemen reported having found near a small lake at no great distance from the sea, and which I directed to be substituted for part of our usual allowance of coals.

Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 William Edward Parry 1822