farmstead
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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