assart /əˈsɑː(ɹ)t/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •Forest land cleared for agriculture. •(no longer used) The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. verb1 •To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.[…] if a man sue out a Licence to assart his grounds in the Forest, and to make it several for Tillage, then it is no offence. — 1661 formsassarted · assarting · assarts
