assart


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assart /əˈsɑːt/ Brit. historical
noun a piece of land converted from forest to arable use. verb convert to arable use.
– origin ME: from OFr. essarter, from med. L. ex(s)artare, based on ex ‘out’ + sar(r)ire ‘to weed’.
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