Assart
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. In ancient laws, the
offense of
grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest.
2. a tree
plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cleared.
Assart
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
To
grub up trees; to commit an assart
Assart
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The act or
offense of
grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
Assart
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To
grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
