Meaning of Croft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
   archaic
2. A carafe.
   archaic
3. A surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
4. 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.
5. A cave or cavern.
   archaic
6. A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6393).
7. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5195).
8. A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5061).
9. An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States.

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Examples

“...to haue set⟳ and for malis and service...the four markland of Kincrakin...with the croft of Polgreyich and the croft that Ewin M'Ewin was wount to haue...”

“Hedge-crickets sing⟳; and now with treble soft / The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; / And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.”

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