disafforestation

English

Etymology

From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō.[1] By surface analysis, disafforest +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disafforestation (countable and uncountable, plural disafforestations)

  1. (law, now historical) The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
    • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 37:
      Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser.
  2. (now rare) Deforestation.

References

  1. ^ “disafforestation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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