I. ˈkrȯft, Brit usually & US also -ä- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field of dunes, Old English crēopan to creep — more at creep
1. chiefly Britain : a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house
2. chiefly Britain : a small farmhold usually of 5 to 10 acres that is worked by a tenant
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
Britain : to expose (as linen) on the grass for bleaching in the sun
intransitive verb
Britain : to live as a crofter
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English crofte, from Middle Dutch crofte, crochte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta — more at crypt
: crypt , vault , cavern