# steading

Pronunciation: say "STED-ing" /ˈstɛdɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A farmhouse together with the barns, stables, sheds, and other buildings around it; more broadly, an estate.
   - Simple: A farmhouse and the barns and other buildings around it.
   - _The couple restored a ruined steading, turning the old cattle sheds into guest rooms._
   - _Smoke rose from the chimneys of the scattered steadings along the valley floor._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of stead. *(obsolete)* — present participle and gerund of stead
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of stead. Use it after is or was, or to talk about the action itself.

## Origin

From Middle English steding ("place, farm"), from Middle English stede ("estate, property, holdings"), from Old English stede ("locality, place, site, position, station").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/steading (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).