bog oak

oak or other wood preserved in peat bogs.

Also called bogwood.

Origin of bog oak

First recorded in 1855–60

Whenever I see an old chest now, I always view it with suspicion—especially if it should happen to be a bog-oak chest.

Byways of Ghost-Land |Elliott O'Donnell
The stand is of Irish bog-oak, Celtic carving, the Irish wolfhound being very carefully executed.

Old Irish Glass |Graydon Stannus
He asked the price of an elaborate specimen of carving in bog-oak.

Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) |Various
Big bush over there, and he danced across the bubbling marsh to a bog-oak with a thick mass of green at its base.

Strange Stories of Colonial Days |Various

It is a recumbent effigy of bog-oak, covered with wire network.

The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland: |Thomas W. Silloway

bog oak

oak or other wood found preserved in peat bogs; bogwood