(n) area of clearance in woodland or waste; cultivated forest land from which trees have been grubbed up; (v) the act of clearing (R, 165); grub up trees and underwood of forest land to convert to arable or pasture (P, 205), though strictly speaking, for planting with grain crops,
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to reclaim for agriculture by clearing away trees
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• (n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. • (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. • (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
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1. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. ... 2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush. ... Origin: OF. Essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. Essarter to grub up or clear ground of bu...
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(n) area of clearance in woodland or waste; cultivated forest land from which trees have been grubbed up; (v) the act of clearing (R, 165); grub up trees and underwood of forest land to convert to arable or pasture (P, 205), though strictly speaking, for planting with grain crops,
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As·sart' (ăs*särt')
noun [ Old French
essart the grubbing up of trees, from
essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., from Late Latin
exartum ,
exartare , for
exsaritare ; Latin
ex +
sarire ,
sarrire ,
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As·sart' transitive verb To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to
assart land or trees.
Ashmole. Found on
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