Definition of assart

• n. - The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
• n. - A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
• v. t. - To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
• n. - The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
• n. - A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.
• v. t. - To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.