homestall

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noun

Place of a home; homestead.

OriginMiddle English homstal ← Old English hāmsteall →
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Meanings

nounhomestall (plural homestalls)

plural homestalls

  1. Place of a home; homestead.

    Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams, And homestall thatched with leaves

    1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Englishhāmsteall“homestead; residence”
  2. Middle Englishhomstal
  3. Englishhomestall

From Middle English homstal, hamstal, from Old English hāmsteall (“homestead; residence”), equivalent to home + stall.

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APA

homestall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestall

MLA

“homestall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestall. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homestall,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestall.

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