croft UK /kɹɒft/US /kɹɔft/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •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....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... — 1530 •(no longer used) An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft. •(no longer used) A cave or cavern. •(no longer used) A carafe. verb2 •To do agricultural work on one or more crofts. •(no longer used) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it. formscrofted · crofting · crofts
