homestall

[ hohm-stawl ]

noun

, British.

1. Dialect. a farmyard.
2. Obsolete. a homestead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of homestall¹

before 1000; Middle English homstal, Old English hāmsteall. See home, stall ¹

Example Sentences

Majideh was taken to the Homestall Stud Farm in Sussex, England in 1953 to be covered by Migoli, and returned to Homestall in 1954 to drop her foal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dream is past, and thou hast found again Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams, And homestall thatch'd with leaves.

From Project Gutenberg

And thou hast found again   Thy cocoas and bananas, palms, and yams,   And homestall thatched with leaves.

From Project Gutenberg