croft

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[ krawft, kroft ]

nounBritish.
  1. a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.

  2. 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.

Origin of croft

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before 1000; Middle English, Old English: small field

Words Nearby croft

Other definitions for croft (2 of 2)

croft2
[ krawft, kroft ]

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

Origin of croft

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

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British Dictionary definitions for croft

croft

/ (krɒft) /


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

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

Origin of croft

1
Old English croft; related to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field, Old English creopan to creep

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