Definition of "peat"

peat¹

/piːt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural peats
1. Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.

peat²

noun
plural peats
1. (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  Quotations
  And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat!
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i], line 78