The buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm. farm-stead
ETYM French grange barn, Late Lat. granea, from Latin granum grain. Related to Grain a kernel.
An outlying farm.
ETYM AS. hâmstede.
1. Land acquired from the US public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law.
2. The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family.
3. Usually a farmhouse and adjoining land.
(British) A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation.