homestall
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English homstal, hamstal, from Old English hāmsteall (“homestead; residence”), equivalent to home + stall.
Noun edit
homestall (plural homestalls)
- Place of a home; homestead.
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
- Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams,
And homestall thatched with leaves
References edit
- “homestall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.