Definition of assart in English:

assart

nounəˈsɑːt

British historical

1A piece of land converted from forest to arable use.
毁林开垦出的地
an assart cut from the woods a few years back
Example sentencesExamples
- In July 1203, at the height of the crisis in Normandy, King John instructed his chief forester, Hugh de Neville, to sell forest privileges ‘to make our profit by selling woods and demising assarts.’
1. 1.1mass noun The action of converting forest to arable use.
  毁林开垦出的地
  heavy penalties were imposed for waste and assart

verbəˈsɑːt

[with object]British historical

Convert (forest) to arable use.
毁林开垦出的地
the Earl of Salisbury was convicted of having assarted 2,300 acres of the parks in 1604
Example sentencesExamples
- Clearance of woodland and heath (assarting) continued, especially in the Weald of Kent and Sussex, in the Chiltern hills, and in the Arden district of Warwickshire.
- In this system land around the village was gradually colonized from the waste (assarted), and cultivated for crops.
- This land comprised dismembered lands of the old manses or lands won from the former or by assarting from the waste.
- In the period down to the early 1300s, he argued, it was population growth which explained the slow but steady economic expansion - the growth of towns, the process of assarting, and the quickening of activity generally.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French essarter, from medieval Latin ex(s)artare, based on ex 'out' + sar(r)ire 'to weed'. The verb dates from the early 16th century.

词汇	assart
释义	Definition of assart in English: assart nounəˈsɑːt British historical 1A piece of land converted from forest to arable use. 毁林开垦出的地 an assart cut from the woods a few years back Example sentencesExamples In July 1203, at the height of the crisis in Normandy, King John instructed his chief forester, Hugh de Neville, to sell forest privileges ‘to make our profit by selling woods and demising assarts.’ 1.1mass noun The action of converting forest to arable use. 毁林开垦出的地 heavy penalties were imposed for waste and assart verbəˈsɑːt [with object]British historical Convert (forest) to arable use. 毁林开垦出的地 the Earl of Salisbury was convicted of having assarted 2,300 acres of the parks in 1604 Example sentencesExamples Clearance of woodland and heath (assarting) continued, especially in the Weald of Kent and Sussex, in the Chiltern hills, and in the Arden district of Warwickshire. In this system land around the village was gradually colonized from the waste (assarted), and cultivated for crops. This land comprised dismembered lands of the old manses or lands won from the former or by assarting from the waste. In the period down to the early 1300s, he argued, it was population growth which explained the slow but steady economic expansion - the growth of towns, the process of assarting, and the quickening of activity generally. Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French essarter, from medieval Latin ex(s)artare, based on ex 'out' + sar(r)ire 'to weed'. The verb dates from the early 16th century.
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