cutover

American  

[kuht-oh-ver] / ˈkʌtˌoʊ vər /

adjective

1. (especially of timberland) cleared of trees.

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noun

1. land, especially timberland, cleared of trees.

Etymology

Origin of cutover

1895–1900, adj., noun use of verb phrase cut over

Example Sentences

Prairies, chaparral, and cutover forestland were jammed full of these aliens.

From Slate • May 25, 2020

For about a month, I've been contemplating a hard cutover to Lyft; leaving Uber as my backup service.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2017

Nowadays the Forest Service runs a thriving business, selling prime wood to private lumbermen, reforesting cutover or burnt-out areas, farming the nation's trees on a longterm, big-business basis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Out behind the logging camp is a huge cutover where they’ve taken off the trees.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The trees were cutover hardwoods for the most part, but here and there a pine rose above them and an occasional gaunt stub towered over even the pines.

From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur