burn-beat

English

Etymology

burn + beat (“to pare off turf”)

Verb

burn-beat (third-person singular simple present burn-beats, present participle burn-beating, simple past burn-beat, past participle burn-beaten)

1. To prepare land for agricultural use by burning the topsoil, used especially on sour or wet soil.

Related terms

• burn-baited
• burnbeating

Translations

to burn the topsoil

• Finnish: kydöttää

See also

• slash and burn