Assart /(ăs*särt")/

As·sart

Assart

n.
  1. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. (Old Law)
  2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

Phrases & Compounds
Assart land
forest land cleared of woods and brush.

Assart

v. t.
  1. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.