homefield en · NOUN
Etymology
From home + field.
Meanings
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(UK, dated) A field adjacent to its owner's home.
The high road went winding about through the Framley paddocks, shrubberies, and wood-skirted home fields, for a mile and a half[.]
1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter 2, in Framley Parsonage, London: Smith, Elder & Co.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| home field | alternative | lexicographic | |
| home-field | alternative | lexicographic | |
| homefields | Number=Plur | lexicographic |