croft

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

farm

farmstead

garden

hacienda

patch

plantation

ranch

smallholding

small holding

vegetable garden

quillet

Traducións

كروفت

κήπος

αγρόκτημα

μικρό αγρόκτημα

μικρός κήπος

απλώνω στον ήλιο

lopin

petite ferme

podere

zolla

campicello

piccola fattoria

campetto

rettangolino

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/kɹɒft/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: croft

Herdado de Old English: croft

Relativo a Middle Dutch: kroft

Relativo a Middle Low German: kroch

Relativo a escocés: croft

Herdado de Old English: cruft

Relativo a Middle Dutch: croft

Relativo a neerlandés: krocht

Relativo a Middle Low German: krucht

Relativo a Old High German: cruft

Relativo a 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.