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assart.

Forest land cleared for agriculture.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/
  1. Forest land cleared for agriculture.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From French essart from Vulgar Latin exsartum.

verb/əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/
  1. To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.

Where this word comes from

From French essart from Vulgar Latin exsartum.

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