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croft

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croft  (krôft, krft)
n. Chiefly British
1. A small enclosed field or pasture near a house.
2. A small farm, especially a tenant farm.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

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
Noun1.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
croft [krɒft] n (Scot) → piccola fattoria


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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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