farmsteading en · NOUN
Etymology
From farm + steading.
Meanings
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(Scotland) A farmstead.
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.
Fig. 31 is a plan of an existing farmsteading.
1849, Robert Ritchie, The Farm Engineer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| farmsteadings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |