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clearance Hist. 
n. a tract of bushland cleared for cultivation or settlement; also, a settlement on such land.
See also: clearing (def. 1)
- 1822 Afterwards, when the whole projected clearance was made . . . it became necessary to attack the reserved, and standing trees. . . .
- 1852 The little clearance, as they call it, what a very state of confusion it is!
- 1908 The logs gathered from the clearance were piled around.
- 1822 Afterwards, when the whole projected clearance was made . . . it became necessary to attack the reserved, and standing trees. . . .