homestead

ferme, propriété rurale

Maison avec les terres et les bâtiments qui l’entourent, notamment dans une ferme.

En anglais simple : A house and the land and buildings around it, especially on a farm.

• Their homestead includes a small barn.
• We visited the family homestead in the hills.
• Several abandoned homesteads stood along the valley.

Synonymes : farmstead

Expressions courantes : family homestead, old homestead, rural homestead

concession de terre

Terrain accordé par le gouvernement aux colons en Amérique du Nord pour y vivre et cultiver.

En anglais simple : Land given by the government to settlers in North America for them to live on and farm.

• The family claimed a homestead in Canada.
• Their homestead covered 160 acres of prairie.
• Settlers had to cultivate their homesteads to secure ownership.

Synonymes : land grant

Expressions courantes : claim a homestead, prairie homestead, homestead grant

foyer, demeure

Lieu où une personne vit et se sent chez elle.

En anglais simple : The place where a person lives and feels at home.

• He longed to return to his homestead.
• Her childhood homestead stood at the end of the lane.
• They welcomed us into their modest homestead.

Synonymes : home, dwelling

Expressions courantes : ancestral homestead, beloved homestead, someone’s homestead

concession familiale

Ensemble de maisons où vivent les membres d’une même grande famille.

En anglais simple : A group of houses where members of one large family live.

• Three generations share this homestead.
• Each household has its own house within the homestead.
• The village consists of several large family homesteads.

Synonymes : family compound

Expressions courantes : family homestead, traditional homestead, homestead courtyard

s’établir, coloniser

Acquérir un terrain ou s’y installer pour créer un foyer et une ferme.

En anglais simple : To acquire land or settle on it to establish a home and farm.

• The family homesteaded in the valley.
• They planned to homestead on land near the river.
• Her grandparents homesteaded forty acres and built a cabin.

Comment l'utiliser : homestead on something (They decided to homestead on the prairie.)

Synonymes : settle

Expressions courantes : homestead on land, homestead the land

s’approprier

Devenir propriétaire d’une ressource limitée sans propriétaire en commençant à l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : To gain ownership of a limited resource that belongs to nobody by taking it into use.

• The theory allows people to homestead unowned resources.
• She argued that using the land had homesteaded it.
• Can someone homestead a scarce resource without excluding others?

Synonymes : appropriate, claim

Expressions courantes : homestead a resource, homestead unowned property