What does "assart" mean?
Assart: A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash. Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
Additional senses
- 2.To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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