croft

[krawft, kroft]

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.

Nearby words

Origin of croft

before 1000; Middle English, Old English: small field

croft

[krawft, kroft]

noun

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

Origin of croft

named after the Rev. Sir Herbert Croft (1757–1816), lexicologist, its inventor

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Examples from the Web for croft

Eighty years after its publication, the eipc saga of croft farmers and their struggles is still selling steadily.
Want to Write a Book? Go to Iceland|Adam LeBor|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lunch over, Peter left the two chums to their own devices and wended his way to The Croft.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
It wont be long now afore Im with the others that have waited for me all this time up there on Croft Hill.
Cursed|George Allan England
Cincinnatus, in the legend, returns to the plough on his own croft.
The Evolution of States|J. M. Robertson

That this strange cortege was a caravan Croft was now assured.
Palos of the Dog Star Pack|J. U. Giesy
My real friend, Mr. Croft, was absent all this time from town.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth

British Dictionary definitions for croft

croft

noun British

a small enclosed plot of land, adjoining a house, worked by the occupier and his family, esp in Scotland

Lancashire dialect a patch of wasteland, formerly one used for bleaching fabric in the sun

Word Origin for croft

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

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Word Origin and History for croft

croft

Old English croft "enclosed field, small field," of unknown etymology. Crofter is 1799, originally Scottish.