Swidden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈswɪdn̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Swidden is a noun meaning An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
Meaning
An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
More Meanings
- To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.
Example Sentences
The reason, Scott says, is that swiddening provides a freedom that fixed agriculture does not.
‘Swidden’ has entered anthropological jargon, denoting not only a practice widespread in non-state societies, but also a problem.
These facts reinforced the view that the Maya drew their basic sustenance from corn, most of it grown on slash-and-burn plots known as swiddens.
Kamiali Village is a community of swidden horticulturists and fishers lying 80 kilometers in a south-southeasterly direction along the coast from the City of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
Word Forms
- swiddens
- swiddening
- swiddened
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horticulturalists, burn-clearing, slash, pyroculture, slashing, clearcut.
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