essart
French → English
noun//ɛ.saʁ//
(agriculture) Cleared land: a piece of land that has been deforested and cleared for farming.
Les paysans médiévaux créaient des essarts en brûlant les broussailles de la forêt.
(English) Medieval peasants created cleared lands by burning forest brushwood.
L'étude des sols montre que cet essart était cultivé il y a plus de deux siècles.
(English) Soil studies show that this cleared land was cultivated more than two centuries ago.
Entry ID: fr:en:essart · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary