ASSART

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SART)

MEANING: noun: 1. A tract of woodland cleared for cultivation.
2. The act of clearing such land.
verb tr., intr.: To clear woodland for cultivation.

ETYMOLOGY: From French essart (cleared land) and essarter (to clear), ultimately from Latin exsarire (to weed out), from ex- (out) + sarire (to hoe or weed). Earliest documented use: before 1450 for the noun and 1523 for the verb.
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