croft

/krɔft/

Thân thiện

A crofter tends to the vegetable patch on his small croft.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small enclosed field or piece of land, typically adjoining a house: A "croft" is a small area of land used for farming, often rented and worked by the person living in the associated house.
   • A small farm, especially in Scotland: In a Scottish context, a "croft" specifically refers to a small agricultural holding, often including a house, which is rented and worked by a tenant farmer known as a crofter.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • They lived in a cottage with a small croft where they grew vegetables.
  • The traditional Scottish croft has been in his family for generations.
  • The crofter tends to his croft, raising a few sheep and chickens.

Advanced Usage

• "To hold a croft": To be the tenant of a small farm, particularly under specific Scottish land tenure laws.
  • His family has held this croft for over a century.
• "Crofting community": Refers to the collective of people and culture associated with working small tenant farms, especially in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
  • The crofting community is vital to preserving the local way of life.

Variants and Related Words

• Crofter (n): A person who rents and works a small farm (a croft), especially in Scotland.
  • The crofter rose at dawn to tend to the animals.
• Crofting (n): The system or practice of farming a croft.
  • Crofting is a sustainable form of agriculture.

Synonyms

• Smallholding: A small farm, especially one that is owner-occupied.
• Homestead: A house, especially a farmhouse, and its adjoining land and buildings.
• Parcel of land: A specific portion of land.

Related Phrases

• Croft land: The land that constitutes a croft.
  • The croft land is too rocky for large-scale farming.
• Croft house: The dwelling house on a croft.
  • They renovated the old croft house.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a small farm worked by a crofter