tomahawk improvement

English

Noun

tomahawk improvement (countable and uncountable, plural tomahawk improvements)

  1. (US, historical) 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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