homestall

English

Etymology

From Middle English homstal, hamstal, from Old English hāmsteall (“homestead; residence”), equivalent to home +‎ stall.

Noun

homestall (plural homestalls)

1. 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

• “homestall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hallmotes, thallomes