Bogway

/ˈbɒɡˌweɪ/ noun

Definition

A path or road that passes through a bog or marshy terrain.

Etymology

Compound of bog + way (Old English 'weg' meaning path or road), literally describing a route through boggy ground.

Kelly Says

Bogways represent actual medieval and ancient infrastructure—people engineered wooden pathways through dangerous peat bogs, and some of these 'bog roads' discovered by archaeologists are thousands of years old!

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