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Noun: assart
Usage: Brit, archaic
  1. Forest land cleared for agriculture
    "Medieval farmers created assarts to expand their cultivable land"
     
  2. Act or offence of clearing tree for sericulture
    "The landowner was fined for assart without proper permission"
Verb: assart
Usage: Brit, archaic
  1. Clear forest land for agriculture
    "Settlers assarted large areas of woodland to create farmland"

Derived forms: assarted, assarting, assarts

Encyclopedia: Assart