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disboˈscation
[ad. med.L. disboscātiōn-em (Du Cange), f. dis- 4 + med.L. boscus, boscum wood.]
The clearing away of woods; the conversion of wooded land into arable or pasture.
1726Dict. Rust. (ed. 3), Disbo[s]cation, a turning of Wood⁓ground into Arable or Pasture. [Hence 1727 in Bradley Fam. Dict.; 1764 in Bailey (folio, ed. Scott); 1775 in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.] |