The word 'farmstead' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a group of farm buildings on a single property, such as a farmer's home, barn, and other outbuildings. For example, you might say, "The Jones' farmstead was a bustling hub of activity, filled with animals and workers."
But it is the beaten-up landscape around her that Ash conjures up for Bartholomew, and the crippled farmstead to which she returns at the end, that bring home to the reader the terrible price that America paid for turning on itself.
Sheep are often grazed in isolated fields far from the farmstead, or on common land where they are vulnerable to raiders.
The barter has taken more bizarre turns: late last summer, a farmstead popular with tourists near Bijanbari, a town west of Darjeeling, wound up playing host to a very different sort of guest when a GJM leader demanded accommodation and refreshments for himself and dozens of his armed followers.
The capital, Reykjavík ("Bay of Smokes"), is the site of the island's first farmstead and is a thriving city, handsome in aspect and cosmopolitan in outlook.
The traditional farmstead has two stories linked by an outdoor stairway; houses are often flanked by towers.
The name Cheam was recorded as Cegham in 967 ce and as Ceiham in Domesday Book (1086), which also included Sutton (written as Sudtone, meaning "south village" or "south farmstead") and Wallington (Waletone, meaning "village of the Britons").
In Domesday Book (1086) some of those names are recorded: Chingford is written as Cingefort meaning "Shingle Ford," Layton is entered as Leintune, "Farmstead on the River Lea," and Walthamstow is written as Wilcumestou, "Place Where Guests Are Welcome" or "Holy Place of Wilcume".
The etymology of the word indicates that the Balts preserved its oldest forms, which is also true of the functions and attributes of the personified Baltic sky god Dievs, who lives on his farmstead on the sky mountain but does not participate in the work of the farm.
The mas is the traditional farmstead of the plains and houses living quarters and sheds under one roof; windows are narrow to admit little summer heat.
The bourrine is the traditional farmstead of Vendée and consists of one story roofed with thatch; the exterior is lime-washed.
Because they supplied the farmstead with water, streams and rivers were also especially important.
