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swidden

noun, often attributive
swid·​den | \ ˈswi-dᵊn How to pronounce swidden (audio) \

Definition of swidden

: a temporary agricultural plot formed by cutting back and burning off vegetative cover

Examples of swidden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Consequently, carbon storage under swidden-fallow systems is greater both above and below the ground. — National Geographic, "These Farmers Slash and Burn Forests—But in a Good Way," 8 Mar. 2016

First Known Use of swidden

circa 1868, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for swidden

English dialect, burned clearing, probably from Old Norse svithinn, past participle of svitha to burn, singe

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