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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