CROFT

croft

(noun) a small farm worked by a crofter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

croft (plural crofts)

An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.

Synonym: quillet

Verb

croft (third-person singular simple present crofts, present participle crofting, simple past and past participle crofted)

(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.

(transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.

Etymology 2

Noun

croft (plural crofts) (archaic)

An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.

A cave or cavern.

Etymology 3

Noun

croft (plural crofts)

(archaic) A carafe.

Anagrams

• ROTFC, forc't

Proper noun

Croft

A surname, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.

Anagrams

• ROTFC, forc't

Source: Wiktionary

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Croft (krft; 115), n. Etym: [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.]

Definition: A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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