assart

== English == === Etymology === From French essart from Vulgar Latin exsartum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t === Noun === assart (countable and uncountable, plural assarts) Forest land cleared for agriculture. Synonyms: riding, royd (dialectal), thwaite Coordinate terms: glade, meadow, clearcut (law, obsolete) The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. Hypernym: slashing Coordinate term: clearcutting === Verb === assart (third-person singular simple present assarts, present participle assarting, simple past and past participle assarted) 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,[3] ASSART v.t. […] To clear away wood. === See also === thwaite === References === === Anagrams === Sastra, Ratass, astars, rastas, A stars, Rastas