CROFT Definition & Meaning

croft

[ krawft, kroft ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British.

a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
a small plot of ground adjacent to a house and used as a kitchen garden, to pasture one or two cows, etc.; a garden large enough to feed a family or have commercial value.

croft

[ krawft, kroft ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a small, portable filing cabinet of table height, having drop leaves for use as a table.

croft

/ ��ɒ�ڳ� /

noun

a small enclosed plot of land, adjoining a house, worked by the occupier and his family, esp in Scotland
dialect.
a patch of wasteland, formerly one used for bleaching fabric in the sun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of croft¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English: small field

Origin of croft²

Named after the Reverend Sir Herbert Croft (1757–1816), lexicologist, its inventor

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of croft¹

Old English croft; related to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field, Old English creopan to creep

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Rob Claxton-Ingham, who lives on a croft with his husband, said the future was uncertain as he doesn't know where his foster child will attend secondary school.

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"I have a croft house I am trying to do up, so I might do some plastering."

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It is a place of farms, crofts, forests and rugged hills, vast upland moors and mountains but few people.

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Instead of working on their long-overdue extension, Billy built a miniature croft house for the otter, equipped with a camera, wi-fi and a set of Mail family photos.

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There have also been complaints about grazing on croft land and the damage the deer do to woodland, gardens and other property.

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