Disforestation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of deforestation. alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Disforestations.—And twelue Knights, or Legall men are chosen in euery shiere, vppon their Oath, to disparte the olde Forrests from the new[…]"

  2. 2
    the removal of trees wordnet

Example

More examples

"Disforestations.—And twelue Knights, or Legall men are chosen in euery shiere, vppon their Oath, to disparte the olde Forrests from the new[…]"

Etymology

From dis- + forestation.

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