A smallholding similar in size to a bovate (bovate, n.); (esp. in early medieval Norfolk) such a smallholding given to a Danish soldier upon…

A small farm-holding.

= bargain, n.2

An agricultural holding smaller than a farm.

Scottish. A tenancy; a small farm, etc., held under lease, a smallholding. Obsolete.

A small farm, now esp. one that is kept for pleasure.

A small piece of enclosed arable land near or next to a house. Also: an agricultural smallholding leased under a crofting system; = croft, n.1 2.

A small agricultural holding worked by a peasant tenant; esp. that of a crofter, n.1 in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (see quot. 1851).

The practice or system of croft-tenancy; concrete the holding of a crofter.

a piece of land consisting of five acres.

regarded as the requirement for self-sufficiency.

A small farm or agricultural holding; = smallholding, n. 1.

= minifundio, n. Usually in plural.

In Latin America: a smallholding; esp. an estate too small to support a single family. Usually in plural.