steading
Americannoun
noun
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a farmstead
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the outbuildings of a farm
Etymology
Origin of steading
1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots); see stead, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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They would have rolled him in the dust and torn him there by his own steading if the swineherd had not sprung up and flung his leather down, making a beeline for the open.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
When he had done, he left the place and turned back to his steading in the hills.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Bang killed a rat in the steading just before we left, and he wagged his stumpy tail and tried to raise his tattered ear all the way home.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
It has carried awa the miller’s brig, and the steading o’ Muckle Pirley is standing three feet in water.”
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
She appeared to Ulysses in the steading of Eumœus, the swineherd, as a “woman tall and fair, and skilful in splendid handiwork.”
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
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