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farmsteading

farmsteading noun: a farmstead.

Noun

farmsteading (plural farmsteadings)

  1. (Scotland) A farmstead.
    • Fig. 31 is a plan of an existing farmsteading.1849, Robert Ritchie, The Farm Engineer
    • 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.1891-92, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Forms of farmsteading

pluralfarmsteadings

Origin of farmsteading

From farm + steading.

Questions about farmsteading

What does farmsteading mean?
Farmsteading means a farmstead.
What part of speech is farmsteading?
Farmsteading is a noun.
What is the plural of farmsteading?
The plural of farmsteading is farmsteadings.

Words near farmsteading in the dictionary

  1. farmstand
  2. farmstands
  3. farmstay
  4. farmstays
  5. farmstead
  6. farmsteading
  7. farmsteadings
  8. farmsteads
  9. farmstock
  10. FarmTok
  11. farmtown

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