dispark

transitive verb

dis·​park

dəs,

(ˈ)dis+

: to throw open (a private park)

especially : to convert (a park) to something else than a private park

Henry VIII decided to dispark the Duchy parks and turn them more profitably into pasture

—A. L. Rowse

Word History

Etymology

dis- entry 1 + park (noun)

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