smallholding

smallholding

See also: small holding

English

Alternative forms

• small holding

Noun

smallholding (plural smallholdings)

1. (Britain) A piece of land, smaller than a farm, used for the cultivation of vegetables or the breeding of animals.
2. (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.

Related terms

• smallholder

Translations

a piece of land, smaller than a farm

Danish: husmandssted n, husmandsbrug n Finnish: pientila (fi) Greek: μικροκαλλιέργεια f (mikrokalliérgeia)

Norwegian: Bokmål: småbruk n Nynorsk: småbruk n