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); 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 Waugh, Joseph Laing
No. I am going to the steading of Andrew Blair.
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
On farms of larger size and on dairy farms special needs must be taken into account, while in all cases the local methods of farming must influence the grouping and arrangement of the steading.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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