smallholding
noun/ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/
Etymology From small + holding.
1
A small farm.
2
The owning of such a farm.
3
US, Historical A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less).
- […] 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
- landholder, smallholder
- Hypernyms
- landholding