DCHP-1 Online
brushing (out) 
n. the process or operation of clearing the land of brush.
- 1832 (1953) . . . 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 (1963) 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. . . .
- 1832 (1953) . . . 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.