See also: slash ((n.)) windfall (def. 2)
- 1809  (1897)  They came through dreadful country . . . covered with thick woods, brules, and renverses.
- 1860  (1956)  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."