croft
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8.6
- noun
- /krɒft/
- UK
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croft
- "You would turn down all this, eh?" waving his arms about to encompass the croft, the orchard behind, Weary Water, and the beach, the milk-warm and wine-invigorating air and everything.
Examples
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At last, he bumped up the rutted track leading to the low croft house where Mrs. Gallagher lived.
Fiction book (2002) -
As in most croft houses, the kitchen was used as a living room, with the parlour being kept for "best."
Fiction book (2002) -
No wonder a croft has often been described as a small piece of land surrounded by legal paper.
Academic text (1990) -
By the stream yonder was Pim's Croft and the old stone barn.
Fiction book (1992) -
One by one, the men from the nearby crofts appeared to conduct their annual business with the laird's representative.
Fiction book (1991) -
Stamping into his croft, he slammed the door behind him and stood uneasily looking about.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the croft on Papa Westray, he mended walls and fences, even built new outbuildings.
Fiction book (1998) -
The couple worked hard to maintain their croft, growing vegetables and raising chickens.
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After generations, the family still farms the same croft that their ancestors tended in the Scottish Highlands.
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Every summer, they returned to their croft in Scotland, where they enjoyed the peace of rural life.
Synonyms
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4.1
A house with the land around it, usually in the countryside for farming
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4.8
The main group of buildings on a farm and the land around them
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9.0
A farm and its buildings, often in Scotland or northern England
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Etymology
Croft comes from an old English word meaning 'small enclosed field', so picture a little farm with its own fenced land. That's why a croft is a small Scottish farm, often with a house and a bit of land.