homesteads
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[modifier le wikicode]homesteads \Prononciation ?\
- Pluriel de homestead.
On the western fringes of the island, homesteads were designed for defence, and their was a central belt dominated by massive hill forts, which probably had a religious and political significance as well as providing storage for food and refuge in times of danger.
— (Robert Tombs, The English and their History, Penguin Books, 2015, page 9)