assart

Etymology
From from.

Noun

 * 1) Forest land cleared for agriculture.
 * 2)  The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

Verb

 * 1) To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps.
 * 2) * 1775,, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, Volume I,
 * ASSART v.t. To clear away wood.
 * ASSART v.t. To clear away wood.