homestall

[hohm-stawl]

noun

British.

1. Dialect.,  a farmyard.

2. Obsolete.,  a homestead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of homestall¹

before 1000; Middle English homstal, Old English hāmsteall. See home, stall ¹

Example Sentences

Majideh was taken to the Homestall Stud Farm in Sussex, England in 1953 to be covered by Migoli, and returned to Homestall in 1954 to drop her foal.

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The dream is past, and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams, And homestall thatch'd with leaves.

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And thou hast found again   Thy cocoas and bananas, palms, and yams,   And homestall thatched with leaves.

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