steading


stead

S0724700 (stĕd)n.1. The place, position, or function properly or customarily occupied by another.2. Advantage; service; purpose: "His personal relationship with the electorate stands in good stead" (John Sears).tr.v. stead·ed, stead·ing, steads To be of advantage or service to; benefit.
[Middle English stede, from Old English; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

steading

(ˈstɛdɪŋ) n1. (Agriculture) a farmstead2. (Agriculture) the outbuildings of a farm[C15: from stead + -ing1]

stead•ing

(ˈstɛd ɪŋ)

n. Chiefly Scot. a farm, esp. its buildings. [1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots); see stead, -ing1]