assart
/əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/
assart noun: forest land cleared for agriculture.
Noun
assart (countable and uncountable, plural assarts)
- Forest land cleared for agriculture.
- The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
- […] an assart of the Forest, is the greatest offence or trespasse of all other, that can be done in the forest, to vert or venison, containing in it as much as waste or more. For whereas the waste of the Forest, is but the felling and cutting downe of the couerts, which may grow againe in time: an...1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter: or Booke Containing the Signification of Words, Cambridge: John Legate
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.
- […] if a man sue out a Licence to assart his grounds in the Forest, and to make it several for Tillage, then it is no offence.1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, London: George Sawbridge
- ASSART v.t. […] To clear away wood.1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, Volume I
assart meaning in Tamil
assart in Tamil
- காடழித்த நிலம், காடுவெட்டி உருவான நிலம், காடு கொன்று நாடாக்குதல், காடு அழித்துப் பாசன நிலமாக்கு
Synonyms of assart
Forms of assart
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | assarts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | assarts |
| present participle | assarting |
| past participle | assarted |
| past | assarted |
Origin of assart
From French essart from Vulgar Latin exsartum.
Words that rhyme with assart
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Questions about assart
- What does assart mean?
- Assart means forest land cleared for agriculture.
- What is assart in Tamil?
- Assart in Tamil is காடழித்த நிலம், காடுவெட்டி உருவான நிலம், காடு கொன்று நாடாக்குதல். See Assart meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is assart?
- Assart can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce assart?
- Assart is pronounced /əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/.
- What is the plural of assart?
- The plural of assart is assarts.
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