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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)

  1. 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)

  1. (intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
  2. (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)

  1. An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
  2. A cave or cavern.

Etymology 3

A variant of carafe.

Noun

croft (plural crofts)

  1. (archaic) A carafe.

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