homesiten.
/ˈhəʊmsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌsaɪt/ 1. North American. = home lot n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > of type of building
housesteadOE
burghal division1591
house lot1636
shop lot1816
town site1818
homesite1911
1857 J. W. Washbourne Let. 17 Aug. in Message President U.S. to Congr. I. 515 Some [Seminoles] have already moved thither, others have selected home sites.
1893 J. W. Sullivan Direct Legislation through Citizenship 110 Why not give each producer a homesite–a footing on the earth?
1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 12/2 Saanich Waterfront... Magnificent homesites of nearly two acres from $450.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 46/6 (advt.) Landscaped, fenced homesite.
2000 Denver Post 15 Oct. a31 (caption) An Aspen landowner is planning to build a multimillion-dollar driveway off Brush Creek Road to reach 20 homesites projected to fetch between $2.5 million and $10 million each.
2. A place in which an animal or group of animals normally resides when not searching for food or defending territory, e.g. when resting or rearing young; a nest, den, burrow, etc.
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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter
houseOE
denOE
holdc1275
lying-placea1382
coucha1398
homea1398
logis1477
starting-hole1530
cabbage1567
lodge1567
lair1575
lay1590
squat1590
hover1602
denning1622
start-holea1641
bed1694
niche1725
shed1821
lying1834
basking-hole1856
lie1869
homesite1882
holt1890
lying-ground1895
1882 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1881 45 A branch upon which the foragers [sc. ants] were at work was removed to my tent for study. First, however, it was taken to the home site, and a dwarf worker coaxed upon a leaf and laid on the nest.
1913 J. G. Needham Nat. Hist. Farm iii. 302 Catbird and thrush and many other song-birds search the thickest of the unpruned crowns for home-sites.
1988 E. W. Jameson & H. J. Peeters Calif. Mammals 53 There appears to be a stage in the lives of all animals in which they depart from the homesite and assume residence in another area.
2007 I. McAllister Last Wild Wolves 109/2 If the ravens were not around, it usually meant that the wolves had made a kill away from the home site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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