Definition of Homesteading

1. Verb. (present participle of homestead) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homesteading

1. homestead [v] - See also: homestead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homesteading

homespun
homespun(p)
homespun fabric
homespuns
homestall
homestalls
homestand
homestands
homestay
homestays
homestead
homestead law
homesteaded
homesteader
homesteaders
homesteading (current term)
homesteads
homestretch
homestretches
homestyle
hometime
hometown
hometowned
hometowns
homeward
homeward-bound
homewards
homeware
homewares
homework

Literary usage of Homesteading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Against Odds: A Personal Narrative of Life in Horse Heaven by K. Elizabeth Sihler (1917)
"My Second Year of homesteading Commences. In order to keep the law, ... During the first years of their homesteading in regions like Horse Heaven, ..."

2. Moving West by Martha Cheney (2003)
"FAST FACTS Pocket 9 HOMESTE ADING THE GREAT PLAINS homesteading the Great ... ABOUT homesteading the Great Plains page 82 Reproduce this page for students. ..."

3. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"Most homesteading households would need to emphasize sustenance, not production. ... Modern homesteading need not be a solitary experience. ..."

4. The President's National Urban Policy Report. (1991)
"EMPOWER THE POOR THROUGH RESIDENT MANAGEMENT AND homesteading A. BACKGROUND In 1937 the Federal Government began a program of providing public housing to ..."

5. Voices from the Landscape: "Living in the Landscape," a Flathead Community edited by Barry Leonard (2000)
"... homesteading THE FLATHEAD Dorothy Bain My grandparents (Christian and Mary ... homesteading ..."

6. Through Our Unknown Southwest: The Wonderland of the United States-- Little by Agnes Christina Laut (1913)
"Was not public domain open to homesteading? Good; but your homesteading lumberman now watched his chance for a high wind away from his claim. ..."

7. Our Philippine Problem: A Study of American Colonial Policy by Henry Parker Willis (1905)
"There is general agreement that "homesteading," so far as applies to American ... In some instances it unfortunately appears that the "homesteading" process ..."

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