farmsteading

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noun

A farmstead.

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Meanings

nounfarmsteading (plural farmsteadings)

plural farmsteadings

  1. ScotlandA farmstead.

    1891-92, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes All over the countryside, away to the rolling hills around Aldershot, the little red and grey roofs of the farm-steadings peeped out from amid the light green of the new foliage.

    1 more example

    Fig. 31 is a plan of an existing farmsteading.

    1849, Robert Ritchie, The Farm Engineer

Origin

From farm + steading.

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APA

farmsteading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmsteading

MLA

“farmsteading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmsteading. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farmsteading,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmsteading.

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