onstead
/ˈɒnstɛd/(also onsteed, onesteead, onsteead) Now Scottish and English regional (northern )
noun
Scottish and English regional ( northern ). The farmhouse and other buildings belonging to a farm; a farmstead. Also: specifically the outbuildings on a farm, as distinct from the farmhouse, or the farmhouse, as distinct from the outbuildings. Compare onset; stead. Now rare.
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From on- + stead.
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