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单词 farm-steading
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farm-steadingn.

Brit. /ˈfɑːmˌstɛdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɑrmˌstɛdɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈfarmˌstɛdɪŋ/
Forms: see farm n.2 and steading n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: farm n.2, steading n.
Etymology: < farm n.2 + steading n. Compare earlier farm n.2 4a, homestead n., and later farmstead n.
Chiefly Scottish.
A plot of farm land and the buildings upon it; a homestead; a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings. Cf. farmstead n.
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head station1835
1533 in D. E. Easson & A. Macdonald Charters Abbey of Inchcolm (1938) 97 The saidis Alexander Bell..renuncit..the malingis and ferme stedyngis.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 476 Next above the farm-steadings, are the Outfields,..separated from the hill or moor by a head-wall.
1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 507/1 It [sc. a kind of rat] establishes colonies in farm-steadings.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 878 We can never forget one deadly night of frost after which were gathered about two hundred dead birds (a big barrowful) from one farm-steading.
1967 R. Sutcliff Outcast xiv. 173 The long, low huddle of a farm-steading rose dark against the fading light.
2013 Sun (Nexis) 5 Oct. 51 It's an old farm-steading, painstakingly restored and losing none of its rustic charm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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