单词 | inforestation |
释义 | inforestationn. rare (chiefly historical). The action or process of converting land into forest or royal hunting-ground; an instance of this. Cf. afforestation n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation afforestation1598 inforestation1677 wooding1827 reboisement1872 tree-planting1872 reforestation1876 reforestization1882 reafforestation1884 reforestment1921 1677 F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Kings Eng. 89 Great Fines exacted of the possessors of Inforrestations. 1882 Jrnl. U.S. Assoc. Charcoal Iron Workers 3 129 The means for..promoting inforestation of waste lands were sought less in legislation than in the establishment of a foundation upon which to form rules for management. 1981 H. Jäger in N. Skyum-Nielsen & N. Lund Danish Med. Hist. New Currents vi. 232 The relevant studies consider these encroachments of woodland either as a process of landscape change, or as an occasion for an inforestation to gain a bigger hunting ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677 |
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