What is another word for assarts?
Pronunciation: [ɐsˈɑːts] (IPA) 
Assarts refer to lands cleared for cultivation from a forest or a piece of uncultivated land. Common synonyms for the word assarts include clearings, cultivations, and clearances. Some other synonyms for assarts are felling, deforestation, and opening up. The term reclaiming can also be used to describe the act of making the land arable and suitable for agriculture purposes. Another word used to describe assarts is clearance, which refers to the process of removing trees or bushes from a piece of land to make it suitable for agriculture. All these words essentially suggest the same thing- that land is being converted into a cultivable surface.
