swidden
[ swid-n ]
/ ˈswɪd n /
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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, S.W.G., swidden, swift, Swift Current, swifter, swift-footed, swift fox
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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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