Definition von „assart“ auf Englisch

noun

1. Forest land cleared for agriculture.

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

verb

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

   • 1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, Volume I, ASSART v.t. […] To clear away wood.