steadiness

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Next to East Cottage is Charlton Mires, a large 200-year-old farmhouse and steadings that had been the home of the Beal family since 1904, but would also need to be flattened for road building.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

It is now expected to sell off a series of less significant buildings, including bungalows, byres and farm steadings gifted in wills, and lease other major properties to charities, trusts and private tenants.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010

Both the National Beef Association and National Farmers' Union Scotland have asked for the Scottish Government to help rebuild steadings, which in some cases are not covered.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2010

The best methods are pursued, and houses, steadings and cottages are all in good order, commodious and comfortable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

And many herdsmen of the steadings wilt thou vex in the mountain glens, when in lust for flesh thou comest on the herds and sheep thick of fleece. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew