| 单词 | tomahawk improvement |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomahawk improvement tomahawk improvement n. North American (historical) a minor or token improvement made to a piece of land in order to secure a claim to it; esp. the cutting or marking of trees on the land claimed, using a hatchet or tomahawk; (also) a piece of land improved and claimed in this way; cf. tomahawk right n. ΚΠ 1803 J. Haywood Let. 14 Mar. in Papers of John Steele (1924) I. 374 Mr. Grove said that pre-emption rights were reserved or granted; and I understood from Sibly's Letter, that there were many Tomahawk-Improvements. 1835 J. Hall Sketches Hist., Life, & Manners West I. iii. 194 Those who wished to secure favourite tracts of land, chose to buy the tomahawk improvements, rather than quarrel with those who had made them. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart Prol. 39 He made his mark on boundary trees—tomahawk improvements, they were called—and claimed the land as his own. < as lemmas |
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