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afforestation|əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən|
[ad. med.L. afforēstātiōn-em n. of action f. afforēstā-re: see afforest v.]
The action or result of converting into forest or hunting-ground.
1615J. Manwood Lawes of Forest xvi. §9. 116/2 The disafforestation of the new afforestations aforesaid. 1649Selden Laws of Eng. i. lxiv. (1739) 130 Revoking of Charters..Afforestations, with a train of oppressions depending there-on. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Purlieu, The greatest part of the new afforestations were still remaining. 1862Lond. Rev. 20 Dec. 538 Why were two churches built in the very midst of the forest immediately after the afforestation? |