ˈstediŋ, -dēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English steding, from stede stead + -ing
1.
a. : farmhouse
for their more permanent homes many of them owned small steadings — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes
b. : a small farm or homestead
had left the affairs of the little steading in a sad muddle — A.J.Cronin
2. chiefly Scotland : the service buildings or area of a farm