assart

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Definition of assart in English English dictionary

Forest land cleared for agriculture

To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps

The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest

to clear forest land for agriculture

To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees

A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing