assart
Meanings
noun
- Forest land cleared for agriculture.
- The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
verb
- To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.
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Etymology
From French essart from Vulgar Latin exsartum.
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