croft
noun
ˈkrȯft 
1
chiefly British : a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house
2
chiefly British : a small farm worked by a tenant
crofter
ˈkrȯf-tər
noun chiefly British 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967. 
John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
John Mcphee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch krocht hill
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
crofts
noun
1
as in commons
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- commons
- tracts
- meadows
- grasses
- plats
- clearings
- grounds
- pastures
- moors
- parcels
- pasturelands
- lawns
- fields
- heaths
- plots
- green
- grasslands
- glades
- leys
- heathlands
- leas
- lots
- greenswards
2
as in steadings
Synonyms & Similar Words
- steadings
- homesteads
- smallholdings
- plantations
- manors
- farmhouses
- gardens
- haciendas
- orchards
- farms
- farmlands
- stations
- farmsteads
- ranches
- granges
- croplands
- estates
- farmyards
- spreads
- spinaller
- spinallest
- spinallier
- spinalliest
- spinally
- spinals
- spinas
- spinasterol
- spinate
- spination
- spinding sprout
- spindlage
- spindle
- spindle attachment
- spindle body
- spindle cell
- spindle oil
- spindle organ
- spindle sander
- spindle shell
- spindle sprout
- spindle stone
- spindle stromb
- spindle temper
- spindle tree