swiddenn.

/ˈswɪdən/

Etymology: < swidden, variant swithen v. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.: also, as a place-name element in Yorkshire); in modern use, a conscious readoption of the dialect word (see sense 2).

Agriculture.

a. An area of land that has been cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning the vegetation cover. Formerly only northern dialect (see quot. 1868).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land

fellingOE

sartc1290

assarta1450

thwaite1628

essart1656

beat-field1808

clearing1817

clearage1827

assartment1829

clearancea1839

burn1839

joom1855

swidden1868

screef1934

screef mark1950

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 514 Swidden, any place on the moor from which the Ling and other herbage has been burnt away, and which still shows signs of burning.

1957 Proc. 9th Pacific Sci. Congress (1958) XX. 127/1 They maintain permanent villages.., constructing temporary simple houses in their swidden, where at least part of the family lives during those times of the year when the swidden requires a great deal of care.

1961 Current Anthropol. II. 27/2 The specific form that a system of swidden agriculture may exhibit..depends on..the dispersal of swiddens... Swiddens may or may not be fenced.

1972 Nature 3 Mar. 41/1 In one case a specific tree is found growing in the new swidden.

b. elliptical for swidden cultivation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land

ridding1347

grubbingc1440

stubbing1445

stockingc1460

assart1534

clotting1601

extirpation1607

shrubbing1611

moling1617

averruncation1656

twitching1799

underbrushing1838

clearance1851

screefing1919

reslashing1934

underscrubbing1935

swidden1955

1955 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 21 45 Even if swidden (clearance of woodland by burning) was not widely practised before Neolithic times, [etc.].

1971 D. J. Robinson in H. Blakemore & C. T. Smith Lat. Amer.: Geogr. Perspectives v. 191 Swidden appears to have formed the basis of the subsistence agriculture of..a part of the tropical zone.

1977 J. J. Fox Harvest of Palm i. 38 The Timorese have been forced..to rely even more heavily on swidden.

2. attributive. = slash-and-burn adj. (The principal use.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [adjective] > cleared > with refuse burnt off

burn-baited1681

burn-beakeda1722

swidden1951

1951 K. G. Izikowitz Lamet Hill Peasants in French Indo-China 7 This is a book about the Lamet, swidden cultivators in the northern part of Laos. [Note] The primitive system of farming which involves clearing and burning the forest... In English it is sometimes called ‘shifting cultivation’ or ‘slash and burn’. There is no single word in ordinary English which covers the meaning, since the method is no longer used in England... In searching for an English word I have taken..a dialect word, swidden.

1957 Proc. 9th Pacific Sci. Congress (1958) XX. 127/1 We have swidden cultivators who are sedentary in Southeast Asia and other parts of the humid tropics.

1965 G. A. Collier Fields in Tzotzil iii. 60 Virtually all are subsistence corn farmers who utilize the slash-and-burn or ‘swidden’ system of agriculture.

1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 101/2 There is a structural similarity between a swidden garden and a tropical rain forest.

1978 Kunstadter & Chapman in P. Kunstadter et al. Farmers in Forest i. 3/2 Swidden fields are usually located at some distance from markets, generally on land that is considered marginal... Swiddening is often carried out primarily as a subsistence operation..rather than as a source of cash crops.

Derivatives

swidden v. (as a back-formation) transitive, to cultivate by the swidden method.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] > by specific system

strip-farm1943

swidden1978

1978 Kunstadter & Chapman in P. Kunstadter et al. Farmers in Forest i. 7/2 The land that is swiddened may or may not be claimed by a village unit as a whole.

ˈswiddener n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation > one who practises

Virgilian1731

fallowist1786

shifting cultivator1945

monoculturist1973

swiddener1975

1975 J. Nance Gentle Tasaday xvi. 282 Swiddeners did not uproot the growth, but burned it over and planted within it.

ˈswiddening n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation

round tilth1723

infield and outfield1733

terrace1796

superculture1835

terrace-cultivation1860

terrace-culture1863

conservation tillage1897

monoculture1901

strip farming1913

polyculture1915

sailab1916

shifting cultivation1922

strip-cultivation1932

shifting agriculture1934

strip-cropping1936

podu1938

contour terracing1939

strip system1954

swiddening1971

monocropping1974

1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 119/1 Between one month and four months after clearing begins..the felled litter on the site is burned. This is a step of considerable importance in the swiddening regime.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swidden
释义	swiddenn. /ˈswɪdən/ Etymology: < swidden, variant swithen v. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.: also, as a place-name element in Yorkshire); in modern use, a conscious readoption of the dialect word (see sense 2). Agriculture. 1. a. An area of land that has been cleared for cultivation by slashing and burning the vegetation cover. Formerly only northern dialect (see quot. 1868). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land fellingOE sartc1290 assarta1450 thwaite1628 essart1656 beat-field1808 clearing1817 clearage1827 assartment1829 clearancea1839 burn1839 joom1855 swidden1868 screef1934 screef mark1950 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 514 Swidden, any place on the moor from which the Ling and other herbage has been burnt away, and which still shows signs of burning. 1957 Proc. 9th Pacific Sci. Congress (1958) XX. 127/1 They maintain permanent villages.., constructing temporary simple houses in their swidden, where at least part of the family lives during those times of the year when the swidden requires a great deal of care. 1961 Current Anthropol. II. 27/2 The specific form that a system of swidden agriculture may exhibit..depends on..the dispersal of swiddens... Swiddens may or may not be fenced. 1972 Nature 3 Mar. 41/1 In one case a specific tree is found growing in the new swidden. b. elliptical for swidden cultivation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land ridding1347 grubbingc1440 stubbing1445 stockingc1460 assart1534 clotting1601 extirpation1607 shrubbing1611 moling1617 averruncation1656 twitching1799 underbrushing1838 clearance1851 screefing1919 reslashing1934 underscrubbing1935 swidden1955 1955 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 21 45 Even if swidden (clearance of woodland by burning) was not widely practised before Neolithic times, [etc.]. 1971 D. J. Robinson in H. Blakemore & C. T. Smith Lat. Amer.: Geogr. Perspectives v. 191 Swidden appears to have formed the basis of the subsistence agriculture of..a part of the tropical zone. 1977 J. J. Fox Harvest of Palm i. 38 The Timorese have been forced..to rely even more heavily on swidden. 2. attributive. = slash-and-burn adj. (The principal use.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [adjective] > cleared > with refuse burnt off burn-baited1681 burn-beakeda1722 swidden1951 1951 K. G. Izikowitz Lamet Hill Peasants in French Indo-China 7 This is a book about the Lamet, swidden cultivators in the northern part of Laos. [Note] The primitive system of farming which involves clearing and burning the forest... In English it is sometimes called ‘shifting cultivation’ or ‘slash and burn’. There is no single word in ordinary English which covers the meaning, since the method is no longer used in England... In searching for an English word I have taken..a dialect word, swidden. 1957 Proc. 9th Pacific Sci. Congress (1958) XX. 127/1 We have swidden cultivators who are sedentary in Southeast Asia and other parts of the humid tropics. 1965 G. A. Collier Fields in Tzotzil iii. 60 Virtually all are subsistence corn farmers who utilize the slash-and-burn or ‘swidden’ system of agriculture. 1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 101/2 There is a structural similarity between a swidden garden and a tropical rain forest. 1978 Kunstadter & Chapman in P. Kunstadter et al. Farmers in Forest i. 3/2 Swidden fields are usually located at some distance from markets, generally on land that is considered marginal... Swiddening is often carried out primarily as a subsistence operation..rather than as a source of cash crops. Derivatives swidden v. (as a back-formation) transitive, to cultivate by the swidden method. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] > by specific system strip-farm1943 swidden1978 1978 Kunstadter & Chapman in P. Kunstadter et al. Farmers in Forest i. 7/2 The land that is swiddened may or may not be claimed by a village unit as a whole. ˈswiddener n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation > one who practises Virgilian1731 fallowist1786 shifting cultivator1945 monoculturist1973 swiddener1975 1975 J. Nance Gentle Tasaday xvi. 282 Swiddeners did not uproot the growth, but burned it over and planted within it. ˈswiddening n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation round tilth1723 infield and outfield1733 terrace1796 superculture1835 terrace-cultivation1860 terrace-culture1863 conservation tillage1897 monoculture1901 strip farming1913 polyculture1915 sailab1916 shifting cultivation1922 strip-cultivation1932 shifting agriculture1934 strip-cropping1936 podu1938 contour terracing1939 strip system1954 swiddening1971 monocropping1974 1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 119/1 Between one month and four months after clearing begins..the felled litter on the site is burned. This is a step of considerable importance in the swiddening regime. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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