homestall
Americannoun
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Dialect. a farmyard.
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Obsolete. a homestead.
Etymology
Origin of homestall
before 1000; Middle English homstal, Old English hāmsteall. See home, stall 1
Example Sentences
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And thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas, palms, and yams, And homestall thatched with leaves.
From The Task and Other Poems by Cowper, William
The dream is past, and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams, And homestall thatch'd with leaves.
From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie
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