n. US an outdoor fire with dense smoke made to keep off insects, protect plants against frost, etc. smudge-pot a container holding burning material that produces a smudge.
[ smudge (v.) cure (herring) by smoking (16th c.: orig. unkn.) ]
SMUDGE
Meaning of SMUDGE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012