Devonshire

📖 Definitions

verb tr.

To clear land by burning turf, stubble, etc.

💬 Usage Examples

“The Devonshired land came to no more than ten of the two thousand acres that comprised Walton’s commons.” Ineke Murakami; Winstanley’s “Righteous Actors”; Theatre Survey (New York); Sep 2021.
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