Definition of Disforestation

1. Noun. The removal of trees.

Exact synonyms: Deforestation
Generic synonyms: Baring, Denudation, Husking, Stripping, Uncovering
Derivative terms: Deforest, Disforest

Definition of Disforestation

1. n. The act of clearing land of forests.

Definition of Disforestation

1. Noun. (archaic form of deforestation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disforestation

disfigurement
disfigurements
disfigurer
disfigurers
disfigures
disfiguring
disfiguringly
disfix
disflesh
disfleshed
disfleshes
disfleshing
disfluencies
disfluency
disforest
disforestation
disforestations
disform
disformed
disformities
disformity
disforms
disfranchise
disfranchised
disfranchises
disfranchising
disfrock
disfrocked
disfrocking

Literary usage of Disforestation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... cases the transition stage between the treeless scar '/eon's and the forest condition ; in other oases it is the evidence of disforestation of the ash. ..."

2. The History of the Grain Trade in France, 1400-1710 by Abbott Payson Usher (1907)
"App. C. The process of disforestation had been partially carried out in Cornwall in 1204 (Chart. R., 5 John, m. 9). 7 App. B. » Pipe R., 27 Hen. III, Devon. ..."

3. An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John: To which are Added by Richard Thomson (1829)
"... so thnt the tenants, who by disforestation are put out of the Forest, had no claim to Common in Woods, which still remained within the lawful bound» of ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"The principal of these are (a) the drainage and disforestation of the forest, and (6) the increased amount of smoke resulting from the ever-growing number ..."

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