单词 | disafforestment |
释义 | disafforestmentn. historical in later use. The action or an act of downgrading an area from the legal status of forest (forest n. 2) to that of ordinary land. Cf. disafforestation n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [noun] > abolition of status of forest deforestinga1552 disafforestation1598 disforestation1613 de-afforestation1659 disafforesting1689 disafforestment1840 disforesting1862 1840 Sporting Mag. Oct. 453 Since the disafforestment of Exmoor there is no penalty for killing the antlered monarch of the wood. 1887 T. E. Scrutton Commons & Common Fields v. 111 17 villages had sprung up since the disafforestment. 1905 T. F. Tout Hist. Eng. Henry III. to Edward III. xi. 219 The commons demanded..the completion of the proposed disafforestments. 1987 W. L. Warren Governance of Norman & Angevin Eng. vi. 163 John sought first to..take a quick profit by accepting proffers for disafforestment. 2014 V. Di Palma Wasteland v. 186 More and more landowners purchased the disafforestment of their estates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。