DCHP-2
bush lot DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 †
a holding of uncleared land.
- 1891 There was not a tree cut on the 200 acres at the time, so . . . [they] had to undergo the hardships and privations peculiar to early pioneer settlement on a bush lot in the back-woods.
- 1928 . . . I'll take a bush lot from the Seminary and be a farmer. . . .
2
a tract of land left uncleared on a farm and used as a source of wood, and as a grazing area for cattle.
See also: bush ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1947 Trucks can't pick up saw-logs, or cord-wood, in a bushlot that is swimming ankle deep in water and bumper-deep in mud.
- 1891 There was not a tree cut on the 200 acres at the time, so . . . [they] had to undergo the hardships and privations peculiar to early pioneer settlement on a bush lot in the back-woods.