DCHP-3

renversé

Cdn French
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a tract of land strewn with trees toppled by the wind.

See: slash ((n.)) ,windfall(def. 2)

Quotations

1809
They came through dreadful country on the N. side, covered with thick woods, brûlés, and renversés.
1860
At times, when a violent storm has raged, whole districts in the forests for miles round will be covered with over-blown trees. Thus is formed what the French Canadians call a "renversi."