English Explanatory Dictionary

tomahawk improvement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.

Word forms

tomahawk improvement tomahawk improvements

Related words

tomahawk settler
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