I. noun
also ca·ing·in or ca·iñg·in käˈēŋə̇n
( -s )
Etymology: Tagalog kaingin
Philippines : swidden
some lonely farmer hewing out a kaingin in the jungle — Wallace Stegner
II. adjective
Philippines : employing a technique of clearing land by slashing and burning underbrush and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer
well-known kaingin system which has been enormously destructive of valuable timber — A.L.Kroeber