afforestv.

Brit.

/əˈfɒrᵻst/, U.S.

/əˈfɔrəst/

Forms: 1500s aforest, 1500s– afforest.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin afforestare.

Etymology: Probably < post-classical Latin afforestare to give (land) the legal status of a forest (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + foresta , forestis forest n. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French aforester, afforester (French afforester) (1216 in Old French).

Chiefly British.

1. transitive. English Law. To convert (an area of land) into a royal hunting ground; to give (land) the legal status of a forest (forest n. 2). Cf. disafforest v. 1. Also intransitive. Now historical.

ΚΠ

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix^v/1 Yf any wood other than..his owne he aforestid..It shalbe disforestid and yf he afforested his owne propur wood remayne it forest.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xx. §3. f. 151 All such woods and lands, as were afforested by king Henry the second.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 162 Hee [sc. Henry the Second] afforrested many woods and wasts, to the Greeuance of the Subiect.

1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xlii. 195/1 King Henry the first, for the pleasure of Hunting, doing much hurt to the Common Wealth by enlarging of Forests..did afforest these Fenns.

1728 N. Salmon New Surv. Eng.: Pt. II 148 Richard I. and King John, who follow'd the Example of their Predecessors, afforesting what Lands they pleas'd.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 10 Under them [sc. the Saxon princes], untenanted wastes only were afforested.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. i. 64 The Conqueror's motive for afforesting so large a tract of country.

1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus iv. i, in Father's Trag. 187 Still they afforest, still they take our land; They tax us into hunger, and our bread Is in the purse of gold for Normandy.

1900 Home Counties Mag. 2 266 Henry II. afforested firstly his own demesne at Guildford and Woking, and ended by afforesting the whole country.

1972 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 12 4 The Forest Charter of 1217..provided for the disafforestment of all lands afforested by Richard or John.

2007 E. Griffin Blood Sport iii. 41 Earl Reginald illegally afforested most of the Blackmore Vale in Dorset.

2. transitive. To plant trees on (land); to convert (an area) into forest or woodland, now esp. for commercial use. Cf. forest v. b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > plant with trees

setc1290

arbust1623

co-afforest1655

wood1807

retimber1828

reafforest1834

reforest1836

afforest1843

forest1865

reforestize1890

tree1891

1843 Fisher's Colonial Mag. 3 260 Let us not afforest a country which we shall have occasion to clear soon after.

1885 D. Stalker in J. Rattray & H. R. Mill Forestry & Forest Products 94 In afforesting moorland covered with heather the following seedlings succeed best [etc.].

1921 Proc. Commonw. Forestry Conf. 1920 17 We ought to aim at afforesting 200,000 acres in the first 10 years.

1949 A. G. Tansley Brit. Islands & their Vegetation II. 763 Many lowland heaths..are simply wasteland, a good deal of which is now being afforested.

1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside iii. xiii. 137 The successful opposition to plans..to afforest a large area of moorland in Exmoor.

2004 Manly (Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 27 July Pittwater Council's decision to afforest the Winnererremy Bay foreshore with Port Jackson fig trees..was unwise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afforest
释义	afforestv. Brit. /əˈfɒrᵻst/, U.S. /əˈfɔrəst/ Forms: 1500s aforest, 1500s– afforest. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin afforestare. Etymology: Probably < post-classical Latin afforestare to give (land) the legal status of a forest (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < af- , variant of ad- (see af- prefix) + foresta , forestis forest n. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French aforester, afforester (French afforester) (1216 in Old French). Chiefly British. 1. transitive. English Law. To convert (an area of land) into a royal hunting ground; to give (land) the legal status of a forest (forest n. 2). Cf. disafforest v. 1. Also intransitive. Now historical. ΚΠ c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix^v/1 Yf any wood other than..his owne he aforestid..It shalbe disforestid and yf he afforested his owne propur wood remayne it forest. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xx. §3. f. 151 All such woods and lands, as were afforested by king Henry the second. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 162 Hee [sc. Henry the Second] afforrested many woods and wasts, to the Greeuance of the Subiect. 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xlii. 195/1 King Henry the first, for the pleasure of Hunting, doing much hurt to the Common Wealth by enlarging of Forests..did afforest these Fenns. 1728 N. Salmon New Surv. Eng.: Pt. II 148 Richard I. and King John, who follow'd the Example of their Predecessors, afforesting what Lands they pleas'd. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 10 Under them [sc. the Saxon princes], untenanted wastes only were afforested. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. i. 64 The Conqueror's motive for afforesting so large a tract of country. 1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus iv. i, in Father's Trag. 187 Still they afforest, still they take our land; They tax us into hunger, and our bread Is in the purse of gold for Normandy. 1900 Home Counties Mag. 2 266 Henry II. afforested firstly his own demesne at Guildford and Woking, and ended by afforesting the whole country. 1972 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 12 4 The Forest Charter of 1217..provided for the disafforestment of all lands afforested by Richard or John. 2007 E. Griffin Blood Sport iii. 41 Earl Reginald illegally afforested most of the Blackmore Vale in Dorset. 2. transitive. To plant trees on (land); to convert (an area) into forest or woodland, now esp. for commercial use. Cf. forest v. b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > plant with trees setc1290 arbust1623 co-afforest1655 wood1807 retimber1828 reafforest1834 reforest1836 afforest1843 forest1865 reforestize1890 tree1891 1843 Fisher's Colonial Mag. 3 260 Let us not afforest a country which we shall have occasion to clear soon after. 1885 D. Stalker in J. Rattray & H. R. Mill Forestry & Forest Products 94 In afforesting moorland covered with heather the following seedlings succeed best [etc.]. 1921 Proc. Commonw. Forestry Conf. 1920 17 We ought to aim at afforesting 200,000 acres in the first 10 years. 1949 A. G. Tansley Brit. Islands & their Vegetation II. 763 Many lowland heaths..are simply wasteland, a good deal of which is now being afforested. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside iii. xiii. 137 The successful opposition to plans..to afforest a large area of moorland in Exmoor. 2004 Manly (Austral.) Daily (Nexis) 27 July Pittwater Council's decision to afforest the Winnererremy Bay foreshore with Port Jackson fig trees..was unwise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1503
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