smallholding
See also: small holding
English
Alternative forms
- small holding
Noun
smallholding (plural smallholdings)
- (Britain) A piece of land, smaller than a farm, used for the cultivation of vegetables or the breeding of animals.
- (US) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Contrasted with middling plantation (20-49 slaves) and large plantation (50+ and owned by planters).
- 2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South (page 8)
- […] the larger plantations implemented different crop choices, surveillance strategies, and labor management practices than did smallholdings.
- 2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South (page 8)
Related terms
- smallholder
Translations
a piece of land, smaller than a farm
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