tomahawk improvement

noun

A method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.

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Meanings

nountomahawk improvement (countable and uncountable, plural tomahawk improvements)

plural tomahawk improvements

  1. UScountablehistoricaluncountableA method used by early settlers, particulary in the Appalachian and Old West regions, to mark land claims, by cutting or girdling trees around a tract of land with a tomahawk.
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APA

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