tomahawk improvements

A form of tomahawk improvement — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of tomahawk improvement
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