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assart - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'assart' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Assart [ n.]
- The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
- A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
2 . Assart [ v. t.]
- To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.