transitive. To pare off and burn the rough turf or sod of moorland or fallow ground in order to improve it.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > burn land (5) burn-beat1669 transitive. To pare off and burn the rough turf or sod of moorland or fallow ground in order to improve it. Denshire1669 transitive. To clear or improve (land) by paring off turf, stubble, weeds, etc., burning them, and spreading the ashes on the land; = burn-beat, v. to burn off1843 to burn off: to clear (land) for cultivation by burning the vegetation; to burn dry or rank vegetation (tussock, etc.). Also absol. (Cf. burn, n.3… stifle-burn1862 transitive. To burn (field-refuse and surface-soil) in heaps pressed down with small access of air. slash and burn1955 transitive. |
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