Assart

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.

II. Assart ·noun A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

III. Assart ·noun The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.