croft

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

1. (intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
2. (archaic, transitive) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.

Sinonieme

farm

farmstead

garden

hacienda

patch

plantation

ranch

smallholding

small holding

vegetable garden

quillet

Vertalings

كروفت

κήπος

αγρόκτημα

μικρό αγρόκτημα

μικρός κήπος

απλώνω στον ήλιο

lopin

petite ferme

podere

zolla

campicello

piccola fattoria

campetto

rettangolino

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɹɒft/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: croft

Geërf van Old English: croft

Verwante met Middle Dutch: kroft

Verwante met Middle Low German: kroch

Verwante met Skots: croft

Geërf van Old English: cruft

Verwante met Middle Dutch: croft

Verwante met Nederlands: krocht

Verwante met Middle Low German: krucht

Verwante met Old High German: cruft

Verwante met Middle High German: kruft

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English croft, crofft, croffte, croofte, crofte (“croft”), 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.