单词 | homesteading |
释义 | ˈhomesteading 1. A homestead, a farm-stead.
1850James Old Oak Chest III. 80 A small house with a very tolerable homesteading. 2. The granting of land according to the Homestead Act of Congress, 1862 (see homestead n. 3). U.S. Also, a similar settlement in Canada.
1891Grip (Toronto) 13 June 377/1 Mr. Dabin moved that certain settlers in the North-West be granted the privilege of second homesteading. 1906Daily Chron. 1 Oct. 4/4 There is no more homesteading—viz., free grants of land—it has to be bought. 1925Glasgow Herald 10 Aug. 4 Homesteading has been a great factor in the agricultural development of Western Canada. 1936Scrutiny IV. iv. 441 Honey in the Horn is a detailed account of life in the state of Oregon during the homesteading period (1906–8). |

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