Dis`af·for'est transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disafforested ; present participle & verbal noun Disafforesting .] [ Prefix dis- + afforest : confer Old French desaforester .] (Eng. Law) To redu... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/73
disafforest 1. To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and their oppressive privileges. 2. From English law, to reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9, Henry III; many forests were disafforested. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2844/