assart Meaning, Definition & Usage
As*sart" noun
Etymology
OF.Definitions
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(Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the tickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell. -
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash.
As*sart" transitive verb
Definitions
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; Ashmole.as, to .assart land or trees