assart

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Noun

assart (countable and uncountable, plural assarts)

1. Forest land cleared for agriculture.

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2. (law, obsolete) The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

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Verb

assart (third-person singular simple present assarts, present participle assarting, simple past and past participle assarted)

1. To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.

See also

• thwaite

Anagrams

• Rastas, Ratass, Sastra, astars, rastas