单词 | homestall |
释义 | homestalln. Now English regional. 1. A piece of land containing a house and associated buildings; a homestead. Also: the house itself. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home > one's home with associated feelings > place where one's home is homesteadOE homestallOE home place1736 OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Æðelmær (Sawyer 1362) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 134 On twam stowum twega hida landes.., ane hide on Cumtune on his hamstealle & healf þone wudu þærto & oþre on Mersce. a1300 ( Charter: Brihtmær to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1234) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 216 Þet he vþe Christe into Christes chereche þane homstal þet he on set. 1374 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 17/1 Hamstal. 1471 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 17/1 Hempstall. 1571 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1986) (modernized text) III. 388 After her death, my house and homestall fields..to John my son. 1578 T. P. Of Knowl. Warres i. vi. f. 9 The Carthaginoys pinched with warres at home, will sende for their powers abroade to succour them, & kepe saufe the home stall. 1606 Wily Beguilde 29 I haue no Mannors, but a prittie homestall. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 241 If a Cottage or a House is decayed, it is called a Home-stall. 1655 in New-Eng. Hist. & Geneal. Reg. (1865) XIX. 42 A Home-stall of 6 acres, with a dwelling house, barne..and orchard vppon it, £35. 1701 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) IV. 237 John Whipple..shall have the home stall, or to say the Dwelling house. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 4 A property was soon established in every man's house and home-stall; which seem to have been originally mere temporary huts or moveable cabins. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 157 A little homestall at his command where all the holidays of his year might be spent. View more context for this quotation 1899 H. T. Timmins Nooks & Corners Shropshire vii. 133 The country folk..gazed in fear and trembling from their rustic homestall. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 62 Homestall, a farmhouse with its premises. 2. A farmyard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmstead > [noun] > farm-offices > farmyard yardc1300 barnyard1354 closec1386 fold?a1505 barton1552 town-place1602 homestall1653 fold-stead1663 farmyard1686 fold-garth1788 fold-yard1800 farm court1807 1653 S. Hartlib Discov. Div. Land sig. A4v (caption) The Farm-houses and home-stalls of the great Farms. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 239 Manure..from the Home-stall, or from the Mixen in the field. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 154 Thro' ev'ry Homestall, and thro' ev'ry Yard, His Midnight walks, panting, forlorn, he flies. 1757 J. Nourse Let. 12 Feb. in A. P. Jenkins Corr. T. Secker (1991) 297 The Timber..is only some pollard Elms Round the Homestall & Close adjoining, & about a Dozen more in the Dairy ground. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. ii. App. 19 I, on my part, was to build him a house, homestall and threshing machine. 1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family I. xi. 166 At one of the gates belonging to the homestall at the back of the house. 1879 Essex Standard 17 May 1/3 (advt.) The desirable small Freehold Estate..containing 97a. 3r. 23p. Of highly Fertile, Arable, Pasture, and Wood Land, with Farmhouse and Homestall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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