swid·den (sw d n)n. An area cleared for temporary cultivation by cutting and burning the vegetation. [Dialectal alteration of obsolete swithen, from Old Norse svidhna, to be burned.] |
swidden [ˈswɪdən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)
a. an area of land where slash-and-burn techniques have been used to prepare it for cultivation
b. (as modifier) small-scale swidden agriculture
[Northern English dialect variant of swithen to burn]
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