Assart

n. [O. Fr. essart, Pr. eissart, the grubbing up of trees; O. Fr. essarter, Pr. eissarter, to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, &c.; from L. Lat. exsaritium, exsartum, ex-sartire, exsartare, from Lat. sarire, sarrire, to hoe, to weed.]

1Sense 1. (Old Law.) The offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.

2Sense 2. A tree plucked up by the roots. Ash.

3Sense 3. A piece of land cleared. Ash.

[See supra.] To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon. Ashmole.