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home farm
noun
- (esp formerly) a farm belonging to and providing food for a large country house
Example Sentences
But the home-farm served the purpose of providing money as well as food.
But the new Earl, not liking the principal house of Palmerstown so well as his old residence at Hayes, gave up the Kildare mansion, with its large home-farm of 500 acres, to his son.
Behind lay the home-farm, with the granaries and stables and orchards, and in front was a sweet old-fashioned garden, with archways of climbing roses and borders of closely-clipped box.
There was no home-farm; the house was supplied from Bartholomew's dairy, and the Squire did not care to upset the old traditionary arrangements by taking a farm in hand.
But independently of spit, pot, and pan, what delight in even daunering about the home-farm seeking for a hare!
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