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tomahawk improvement

tomahawk improvement noun: a method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.

Noun

tomahawk improvement (countable and uncountable, plural tomahawk improvements)

  1. (US, historical) A method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.

Forms of tomahawk improvement

pluraltomahawk improvements

Questions about tomahawk improvement

What does tomahawk improvement mean?
Tomahawk improvement means a method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.
What part of speech is tomahawk improvement?
Tomahawk improvement is a noun.
What is the plural of tomahawk improvement?
The plural of tomahawk improvement is tomahawk improvements.

Words near tomahawk improvement in the dictionary

  1. Tomago
  2. Tomah
  3. tomahawk
  4. tomahawk chop
  5. tomahawk chops
  6. tomahawk improvement
  7. tomahawk improvements
  8. tomahawk mark
  9. tomahawk marks
  10. tomahawk settler
  11. tomahawk settlers

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