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crofting

noun

Etymology

From croft + -ing.

  1. derived from *grewb-✻ — “to bend; arch, crook, curve”
  2. inherited from *kruftaz✻ — “a hill; a curve”
  3. inherited from croft — “enclosed field”
  4. inherited from croft
  5. suffixed as crofting — “croft + ing”

Definitions

  1. A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and…

    A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.

  2. The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.

  3. present participle and gerund of croft

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA