English English Dictionary
Result for Assart
Assart
(n.)
The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
Assart
(n.)
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
Assart
(v. t.)
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.