croft

IPA: krˈɔft

noun

  • An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
  • An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
  • A cave or cavern.
  • (archaic) A carafe.
  • A surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
  • A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6393).
  • A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5195).
  • A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5061).
  • An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States.

verb

  • (intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
  • (transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
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Examples of "croft" in Sentences

  • Croft has open spaces and a lake.
  • Crofting is the mainstay of island life.
  • On the main island there's an old croft.
  • Crofting remains a mainstay of the economy.
  • It was later moved to Croft airfield as well.
  • Barreta and Croft are known as the Dudebusters.
  • Croft used to be a popular tourist destination.
  • There is a left turn for Croft and it passes the.
  • Croft is a professional soldier with a reputation for cruelty.
  • He returned home on the croft, but he became mute, sullen and self absorbed.
  • Foonf (UID#) on November 12th, 2009 at 2: 00 pm ps3 laura croft cameltoe ftw.
  • Our house and its three fields used to be a croft, supporting a numerous family.
  • "croft" i.e. a very small holding of land, where he raised sheep and grew potatoes.
  • There was a kind of croft on one hillside, and from a hut the smoke of breakfast was beginning to curl.
  • The longest time he spent away from the croft was the six years he spent serving his country in the last war.
  • I heard the door of our croft scrape shut across the summer warmed flagstones, then one of the men offer my mother a ride on his mount.
  • Turner a freehold tenement in Greenhill Street, with garden and croft, which is not mentioned in any of his later transactions, and from Edward
  • My bet is you were connected to a call handling centre somewhere miles away, spoke to someone who had to ask what a croft was and weren’t visited because it was too far away from the nearest ‘big’ town and they couldn’t lose the manpower for half a day to reach you.

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