Assart

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assart \As*sart"\, v. t.
     To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart
     land or trees. --Ashmole.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Assart \As*sart"\ ([a^]s*s[aum]rt"), n. [OF. essart the grubbing
     up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of
     bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for
     exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.]
     1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and
        bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a
        forest. --Spelman. --Cowell.
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     2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted
        for cultivation; a clearing. --Ash.
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     {Assart land}, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
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