单词	croft
释义	croft /krɒft / British noun 1A small rented farm, especially one in Scotland, comprising a plot of arable land attached to a house and with a right of pasturage held in common with other such farms.He revolutionised farming in Scotland in the 18th century, by compiling his famous Statistical Account of Scotland - a detailed survey of every farm and croft in the land.... Scotland has a rich diversity of historic buildings, including castles, tower houses, crofts, steadings, Edwardian mansions and so on. On the area of the croft land, there is also a further dilapidated farm building which could have the potential for residential conversion. 1.1An enclosed field used for tillage or pasture, typically attached to a house and worked by the occupier.Here is the second cluster of huts, wattle fences enclosing neat crofts of fowl houses and kitchen-gardens blown with harvest.... Back lanes run along the rear of the crofts parallel with the main street, giving access to fields. As I neared her croft I began to look for her across the fields, or by the stream, for I knew she often worked there as well. verb [with object] Farm (land) as a croft or crofts: the land was crofted at one time Origin Old English: of unknown origin. Rhymes aloft, loft, oft, soft, toft
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