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crofting, vbl. n.|ˈkrɒftɪŋ|
[f. croft n.1]
1. ‘The state of being successively cropped; the land itself which is cropped in this way.’ (Jam.)
1743Maxwell Sel. Trans. 12 (Jam.) By turning this croft-land into grass, the labour and manure..may be employed in improving..the other third part, and bringing it into crofting. Ibid. 213 (Jam.) The lands are generally divided into Crofting and Outfield-land. Ibid. 216 (Jam.) They shall dung no part of their former Crofting.
2. The practice or system of croft-tenancy; concr. the holding of a crofter.
1851[see croft n.1 2]. 1860G. H. K. Vac. Tourists 158 Land under cultivation [in Sutherland]..not only in the form of large farms, but of cotters' croftings. 1886Times 5 Feb. 4/6 heading, Crofters and Crofting.
attrib.1884Pall Mall G. 10 May 1/2 The Royal Commissioners on the crofting system of the Highlands.
So ˈcrofting ppl. a.
1884Marquis of Lorne in Pall Mall G. 10 May 2/2 The condition of the crofting class. 1888Pall Mall G. 18 Jan. 7/2 A large farm..cleared of its crofting tenants. |