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farmstead Definition

farm·stead (-sted′)

noun

the land and buildings of a farm

farmstead Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • disperse: More permanent settlements away from the coast began to appear in the Bronze Age with small dispersed farmsteads in new areas.
  • ruin: We then round the corner to check a dry slope by a ruined farmstead.
  • enclose: The implication is that here is an enclosed farmstead that is occupied from the middle Iron Age through to the second century AD.
  • abandon: The whole area has an enclosed, isolated character, with derelict stone walls on the upper slopes and abandoned stone farmsteads and barns.
  • comprise: Pearson's Yard is located off East Street in the village of Swinton, and comprises the former farmstead to Low Farm.
  • build: They built a farmstead with two vast barns which still stand today.

Adjective modifier

  • romano-british: Two Romano-British farmsteads, located near to each other upon the Downs, not far from the coast.
  • scattered: In highland Britain a pattern of scattered farmsteads remained the norm.
  • isolated: The only other settlement is an isolated farmstead by the coast.
  • medieval: The track runs down past the site of two medieval farmsteads.
  • historic: National Archeology Week finishes on Sunday 23 July with a fascinating guided tour of one of Dartmoor's historic farmsteads.
  • traditional: Our home for the next two nights will be in stone cottages on a traditional farmstead nestled against the Sneeuberg Mountains.

Preposition: on

  • land: Few settlements but many farmsteads on higher land, connected by straight, embanked roads.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: To the west lie twin ditched enclosures holding a 12th century farmstead.
  • stone: The whole area has an enclosed, isolated character, with derelict stone walls on the upper slopes and abandoned stone farmsteads and barns.
  • bronze: By following the leat you come to the best example of a small bronze age farmstead in the Kestor settlement.
  • valley: Many of the valley farmsteads were built or rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, ( fn.
  • age: By following the leat you come to the best example of a small bronze age farmstead in the Kestor settlement.

Preposition: in

  • valley: Eventually, beyond the last farmstead in the valley, the trail ascended the steep slopes, leaving the Lluta river deep down below.

Preposition: of

  • character: Treffry Bodmin Treffry is an old farmstead of great character that dates back to the 1700's.

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