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Definition croft
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Middle English croft, crofft, croffte, croofte, crofte (“small, usually enclosed, agricultural land, often adjoining a house; any enclosed land, courtyard”), from Old English croft (“enclosed field”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from Proto-Germanic *kruftaz (“a hill; a curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend; arch, crook, curve”); see also crop. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch kroft, krocht, crocht (“high and dry land; a field on the downs”), Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of farmland or pasture”), Scots croft, craft (“croft”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
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.
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
From Middle English croft, crofte, croufte, crufte (“crypt; vault”), from Old English cruft, from Latin crupta, crypta (“crypt; vault”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (krupt?), feminine form of ??????? (kruptós, “concealed, hidden; secret”), from ?????? (krúpt?, “to conceal, hide; to obscure”) (further etymology unknown) + -?? (-os). The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch croft, crocht, crochte, crogt, cruft, crufte (modern Dutch krocht (“underground cavity, cave; underground vault, crypt”)), Middle Low German krucht, kruft (“crypt”), Old High German cruft (Middle High German kruft (“cave; crypt”)).
Noun
croft (plural crofts) (archaic)
- An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
- A cave or cavern.
Etymology 3
A variant of carafe.
Noun
croft (plural crofts)
- (archaic) A carafe.
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