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单词 disafforestation
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disafforestationn.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəfɒrᵻˈsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˌfɔrəˈsteɪʃən/, /ˌdɪsəˌfɑrəˈsteɪʃən/
Forms: 1500s disafforrestation, 1600s– disafforestation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin disafforestation-, disafforestatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin disafforestation-, disafforestatio (from 13th cent. in British sources) < disafforestat- , past participial stem of disafforestare disafforest v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1.In sense 2 after afforestation n.; compare slightly later disafforest v. 2.
1. Law. The action of downgrading an area from the legal status of forest (forest n. 2) to that of ordinary land; the state or process of becoming or making no longer subject to the operation of forest laws. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal power > [noun] > abolition of status of forest
deforestinga1552
disafforestation1598
disforestation1613
de-afforestation1659
disafforesting1689
disafforestment1840
disforesting1862
1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. f. 97v All those, that were put out of the Forrest by the disafforrestation.
1641 Petition Tenants & Freeholders of Gillingham 1 Particular Grievances.., arising upon the disafforestation of the late Forrest of Gillingham.
a1676 S. Gunton Hist. Church Peterburgh (1686) 301 A debt remaining to the Exchequer..for the disafforestation of Nassaburgh.
1781 T. R. Nash Coll. Hist. Worcestershire I. p. lxxix A decree..for settling of the said dis-afforestation, and of the part to be allotted to his majesty.
1830 Age 17 June 16/3 It is reported that the disafforestation of the Chase is nearly agreed to by all the principal parties concerned.
1888 Athenæum 10 Mar. 302/3 The gradual obsolescence of our forest law and the steady progress of disafforestation.
1931 Mod. Lang. Notes 46 455 A charter confirming the disafforestation of Wirral was granted by Edward III.
1992 M. Atherden Upland Brit. viii. 136 Parliamentary Acts for the..the disafforestation of the former Royal Forests provided further opportunities for planting.
2. The clearance or destruction of forests or woods; deforestation.Deforestation is now the usual term.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping land of vegetation > stripping land of trees
disafforestation1841
disforesting1862
deforestation1874
deforesting1880
1841 Times 28 Oct. 5/4 The disafforestation of the jungles..would lay open a large tract of land ready for immediate cultivation.
1888 Times 4 Oct. 9/5 The rapid progress of disafforestation will be understood, and it is certain that the natural growth cannot keep pace with it.
1908 Geogr. Jrnl. 32 420 He saw great possibilities in the country, but an actual state of deplorable neglect and disafforestation.
1994 Hist. Workshop Jrnl. Spring 254 There was a huge inwash of gravels into the valley bottoms almost certainly associated with heavy disafforestation and intensive agricultural activity on the slopes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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