CROFT


Meaning of CROFT in English

croft 1

/krawft, kroft/ , n. Brit.

1. a small farm, esp. one worked by a tenant.

2. a small plot of ground adjacent to a house and used as a kitchen garden, to pasture one or two cows, etc.; a garden large enough to feed a family or have commercial value.

[ bef. 1000; ME, OE: small field ]

croft 2

/krawft, kroft/ , n.

a small, portable filing cabinet of table height, having drop leaves for use as a table.

[ named after the Rev. Sir Herbert Croft (1757-1816), lexicologist, its inventor ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .