[a. OF. essart: see ASSART sb.] = ASSART sb. 1.

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1851.  Sir F. Palgrave, Norm. & Eng. (1864), III. 258. The essarts still constitute the prominent features of the pleasant region.

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1875.  Stubbs, Const. Hist., II. 36, note. The essarts and purprestures made in the forests of Hampshire.

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