Meaning of disafforestation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. Deforestation.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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