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croft [krɒft] n Brit
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a small enclosed plot of land, adjoining a house, worked by the occupier and his family, esp in Scotland 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Lancashire dialect a patch of wasteland, formerly one used for bleaching fabric in the sun [Old English croft; related to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field, Old English creopan to creep] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation, and half drowns the grassy fringe of the croft in front of the house. Every roadside and every croft is adorned with vines; which here, as in Italy, they train to grow about dwarf elm trees, whose leaves are stripped off to feed the cattle. |
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