noun
croft
kroft
noun
1
A small enclosed field or piece of farmland, especially one rented out for small-scale farming, particularly in Scotland.
"His family has worked the same croft for four generations."
verb
1
To farm a croft.
"They moved to the Highlands to try their hand at crofting."
How to Use Croft
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small farm plot, especially the traditional small tenant farms of Scotland.
UK vs US
Mainly used in British and especially Scottish English; rare in American English.
Common pairings
a Highland croft
crofting community
work a croft
Word Forms
crofted past tense, crofts plural, crofts plural, crofts plural, crofts singular
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Etymology
From Old English croft, meaning "enclosed field," of uncertain deeper origin but possibly related to words for a hill or bend.