swidden
[ swid-n ]
/ ˈswɪd n /
noun
a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation.
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Origin of swidden
1951; special use of dial. (N England) swidden area of moor from which vegetation has been burned off, noun use of swidden, swithen to singe < Old Norse svithna to be singed, derivative of svītha to singe (compare dial. swithe, Middle English swithen)
Words nearby swidden
swerve, sweven, sweyn, swff, swg, swidden, swift, swift current, swift fox, swift moth, swift's disease
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British Dictionary definitions for swidden
swidden
/ (ˈswɪdən) /
noun
- an area of land where slash-and-burn techniques have been used to prepare it for cultivation
- (as modifier)small-scale swidden agriculture
Word Origin for swidden
C18: Northern English dialect variant of swithen to burn
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