swidden


swid·den

S0944350 (swĭd′n)n. An area cleared for temporary cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation.
[Dialectal alteration of obsolete swithen, from Old Norse svidhna, to be burned.]

swidden

(ˈswɪdən) n (Agriculture) a. an area of land where slash-and-burn techniques have been used to prepare it for cultivationb. (as modifier): small-scale swidden agriculture. [C18: Northern English dialect variant of swithen to burn]

swid•den

(ˈswɪd n)

n. a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation. [1951; earlier E dial. swidden burned area of moor < Old Norse svithna to be singed]