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merestead

noun

Etymology

From mere (“boundary”) + stead (“place”).

  1. inherited from *stéh₂tis✻
  2. inherited from *stadiz✻
  3. inherited from stede
  4. inherited from sted
  5. compounded as merestead — “mere + stead”

Definitions

  1. The land within the boundaries of a farm

    The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead.

    • All in the village was peace; the men were intent on their labors, / Busy with hewing and building, with garden-plot and with merestead, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA