n. [ OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed. ] 1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brassard, fr. bras arm. See Brace, n. ] Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts. [ 1913 Webster ]