assart

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | 223 words | Copyright

assart
1. To grub up the trees and underwood of forest land in order to convert the area to arable or pasture use.

2. Land cleared in this way.

3. Private farmland formed by the clearance of part of a wood, common, or forest.

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