afforestationn.

Brit.

/əˌfɒrᵻˈsteɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˌfɔrəsˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s afforrestation, 1600s– afforestation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin afforestation-, afforestatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin afforestation-, afforestatio (14th cent. in a British source) < afforestat- , past participial stem of afforestare afforest v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare disafforestation n.

Chiefly British.

Originally: the action or process of giving land the legal status of forest (forest n. 2) (now historical). Later also: the conversion of land into forest or woodland. Also: the result of this; an afforested area. Cf. disafforestation n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation

afforestation1598

inforestation1677

wooding1827

reboisement1872

tree-planting1872

reforestation1876

reforestization1882

reafforestation1884

reforestment1921

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. §9. f. 97^v The disafforrestation of the new afforrestations aforesaid.

1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xliii. 198/2 The afforestation made by King Henry the first in these parts; which continued not long.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Purlue The greatest part of the new Afforestations were still remaining.

1793 R. Warner Topogr. Remarks South-western Parts Hampshire I. ii. 81 Only two acres of its land were saved from afforestation.

1810 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Hampshire iii. 62 Where no afforestation has taken place, remains of strong roomy and superb edifices are still to be seen.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 20 Dec. 538 Why were two churches built in the very midst of the forest immediately after the afforestation?

1920 F. E. Clements Plant Indicators vi. 362 Practical afforestation has been confined chiefly to the sandhill regions of Nebraska and Kansas.

1954 P. Wheatley in H. C. Darby & I. B. Terrett Domesday Geogr. Midland Eng. iv. 202 Some of the waste villages ringing the western and southern borders of the present Cannock Chase were due to Norman afforestation.

1988 I. M. Smith et al. European Handbk. Plant Dis. xiii. 375/2 Brown felt blight is found in afforestations and in nurseries.

2006 Field July 103/3 The population [of nightjars] declined sharply..due to a combination of wet summers, habitat loss through afforestation, [etc.].

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

单词	afforestation
释义	afforestationn. Brit. /əˌfɒrᵻˈsteɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌfɔrəsˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s afforrestation, 1600s– afforestation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin afforestation-, afforestatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin afforestation-, afforestatio (14th cent. in a British source) < afforestat- , past participial stem of afforestare afforest v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare disafforestation n. Chiefly British. Originally: the action or process of giving land the legal status of forest (forest n. 2) (now historical). Later also: the conversion of land into forest or woodland. Also: the result of this; an afforested area. Cf. disafforestation n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation afforestation1598 inforestation1677 wooding1827 reboisement1872 tree-planting1872 reforestation1876 reforestization1882 reafforestation1884 reforestment1921 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. §9. f. 97^v The disafforrestation of the new afforrestations aforesaid. 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xliii. 198/2 The afforestation made by King Henry the first in these parts; which continued not long. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Purlue The greatest part of the new Afforestations were still remaining. 1793 R. Warner Topogr. Remarks South-western Parts Hampshire I. ii. 81 Only two acres of its land were saved from afforestation. 1810 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Hampshire iii. 62 Where no afforestation has taken place, remains of strong roomy and superb edifices are still to be seen. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 20 Dec. 538 Why were two churches built in the very midst of the forest immediately after the afforestation? 1920 F. E. Clements Plant Indicators vi. 362 Practical afforestation has been confined chiefly to the sandhill regions of Nebraska and Kansas. 1954 P. Wheatley in H. C. Darby & I. B. Terrett Domesday Geogr. Midland Eng. iv. 202 Some of the waste villages ringing the western and southern borders of the present Cannock Chase were due to Norman afforestation. 1988 I. M. Smith et al. European Handbk. Plant Dis. xiii. 375/2 Brown felt blight is found in afforestations and in nurseries. 2006 Field July 103/3 The population [of nightjars] declined sharply..due to a combination of wet summers, habitat loss through afforestation, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598
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