steading

American  

[sted-ing] / ˈstɛd ɪŋ /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a farm, especially its buildings.

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steading British  

/ ˈstɛdɪŋ /

noun

1. a farmstead

2. the outbuildings of a farm

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Etymology

Origin of steading

1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots); stead, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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

A dozen Belgian mounted infantrymen dashed up the road, leapt the low wall of the farm steading, and shouted to them to surrender.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert

I was up with a cousin who was fishing in a mill-lade, and a shower of rain drove me for shelter into a tumble-down steading attached to the mill.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

None could go up the dale with horse or hound, because it was straightway slain, and it was no easy task to get servants to remain at the steading.

From The Book of Romance by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)