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brushing (out)
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the process or operation of clearing the land of brush.
Quotations
1832
. . . we had cleared twenty acres of the land for wheat, and during the successive operations of brushing, chopping, logging, burning and fencing -- my father was obliged to hire workmen.
1947
The rangers did the "brushing out," while especially trained men fastened the lines to convenient trees.
1965
We have let a contract for railway spur brushing, work that must be done in winter. . . .