Disafforestation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws. countable, historical, uncountable
"Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser."
- 2 Deforestation. archaic, countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser."
Etymology
From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation.
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