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farmsteading

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A farmstead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

Examples

  • 1891-92, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes All over the countryside, away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and grey roofs of the farm-steadings peeped out from amid the light green of the new foliage.

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History

Etymology

From farm + steading.