The meaning of Assarts and additional information.

Assart(n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.

Assart(n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

Assart(v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.