单词 | crofting |
释义 | croftingn. 1. ‘The state of being successively cropped; the land itself which is cropped in this way’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 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. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 213 (Jam.) The lands are generally divided into Crofting and Outfield-land. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 216 (Jam.) They shall dung no part of their former Crofting. 2. The practice or system of croft-tenancy; concrete the holding of a crofter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft manslotOE bargain1602 burgaine1607 smallholding1696 possession1717 farmlet1794 homecroft1828 croft1850 crofting1851 five-acre1863 three acres and a cow1885 farmette1913 minifundium1950 minifundioa1955 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of farm tenure steelbow1434 rundale1474 runrig1525 crofting1851 mock1862 métayage1877 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > tenure and rights > [noun] > systems of tenure stintagea1642 stintinga1642 take1794 tenantry1794 crofting1851 mezzadria1875 métayage1877 crofterization1907 crofterizing1908 1851 2nd Rep. Relief of Destit. Highlands 1850, 42 The crofting system was first introduced, by the arable part of the small farms previously held in common being divided among the joint tenants in separate crofts, the pasture remaining in common. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 158 Land under cultivation [in Sutherland]..not only in the form of large farms, but of cotters' croftings. 1886 Times 5 Feb. 4/6 (heading) Crofters and Crofting. Derivatives ˈcrofting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [adjective] > crofting crofting1884 1884 Marquis of Lorne in Pall Mall Gaz. 10 May 2/2 The condition of the crofting class. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Jan. 7/2 A large farm..cleared of its crofting tenants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmasˈcrofting ˈcrofting n. ΚΠ 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 367 One exposure may not be found enough; another washing and another crofting are then needed. < n.1743 as lemmas |
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