croft (redirected from Crofts)

croft  (krôft, krft)

n. Chiefly British

1. A small enclosed field or pasture near a house.

2. A small farm, especially a tenant farm.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

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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]

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Noun

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croft - a small farm worked by a crofter farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

croft [krɒft] N (Scot) (= small farm) → granja f pequeña

croft [ˈkrɒft] n (British) → petite exploitation surtout en Écosse)f agricole >

croft

n (esp Scot) → kleines Pachtgrundstück; (= house) → Kate f

croft [krɒft] n (Scot) → piccola fattoria

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croft [krɒft] n (Scot) → piccola fattoria