Noun

The business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc.

* 1692 , John Quick, Synodicon in Gallia reformata

We discharge them also of all Farmings of Benefices, and Church Lands, or Goods, of which they were spoiled by those who Commanded under their General.

Noun

(en noun)

Large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.

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Area where trees are planted for commercial purposes.

The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Caribbean.