ˈcountry-ˈseat
The mansion and demesne in which a county family is seated or established; the residence of a country gentleman or nobleman; a country-house.
| [1583 Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 99 Pheebe, to Delos, his natiue contrye seat, hastning.] 1668 G. Etherege She would if she could v. i, A pretty country seat, madam, with a handsome parcel of land. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 37 ¶4 A Description of her Country-Seat..about an hundred Miles distant from London. 1715 Prior Alma ii. 58 So merchant has his house in town And country-seat near Banstead Down. 1865 Trollope Belton Est. i. 1 Belton Castle is a pretty country seat, standing in a small but beautifully-wooded park. |